Service Details
Name:
 AIR
Given Name:
 ROBERT YOUNG
Initials:
 R Y
Service No:
 3297
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-09
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Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, on the 9th July 1916, the 4th S.A.I. held Briqueterie Trench and Dublin Trench to Dublin Redoubt. Its A Coy took part in the fighting in the South end of Trones Wood in the night of the 9th/10th July.
Additional
Information:
Brother of George Air, of 57 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, Scotland. Born Edinburgh, Scotland. Served in Nile Expedition and Sudan. A brass finisher
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
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Grave Reference:
 I. G. 6.

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