Service Details
Name:
 ROBERTS
Given Name:
 GEORGE MURRAY
Initials:
 G M
Service No:
 6257
Rank:
 Sergeant
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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:
 1917-04-18
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Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received 9th April
Additional
Information:
Husband of Aury Stanhope Murray Roberts, of Benoni, Transvaal. 1915 went overseas as sergeant in SA Infantry and served in campaign in Egypt. Returning to England in 1916, he served 6 months as instructor of musketry and at end of year rejoined his regiment in Europe. Was injured in April and died soon afterwards. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, at St Andrew's from August 1899-June 1900.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XIX. B. 10A.

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