Service Details
Name:
 OGILVIE
Given Name:
 GEORGE SWAN
Initials:
 G S
Service No:
 7660
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1918-05-29
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Date of Birth:
 1896-09-26
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at the second battle of the Marne, on 21st March
Additional
Information:
Son of Alexander Terra and Jean Robertson (nee Swan) Ogilvie, of 156, Cowey Rd., Berea, Durban, Natal. Born Dundee, Scotland. Native of Fifeshire, Scotland. A blacksmith. On Mansfield Road Boys School Roll of Honour. Commemorated at the Cenotaph, Francis Farewell Square, Durban. Commemorated on the WW1 Memorial, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Windermere, Durban. Commemorated on the WW1 Memorial, Dundee.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VII. E. 4.

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