Service Details
Name:
 BECK
Given Name:
 JAMES GILBERTSON
Initials:
 J G
Service No:
 SAOC/12
Rank:
 Staff Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Ordnance Corps
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Unit:
 Zomba Depot
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Date of Death:
 1918-07-09
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Age:
 41
Cause of Death:
 Died in motor accident, fractured skull
Additional
Information:
Son of John and Mary Agnes (nee Gilbertson) Beck, of 56 Southdale Road, Liverpool. Husband of Eleanor Louisa Constance (nee Browne) Beck. Born West Derby, Liverpool, Merseyside in 1877. Served in Boer War as Trooper #1923 with 1st Imperial Light Horse
Commemoration
Country:
 Malawi
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Cemetery:
 BLANTYRE CHURCH OF CENTRAL AFRICA PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 138.

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