Service Details
Name:
 MOORHEAD
Given Name:
 GEORGE OLIVER
Initials:
 G O
Trade:
 Commanding
Rank:
 Lieutenant Colonel
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Regiment:
 South African Rifles
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Unit:
 1st
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Northern Transvaal Ruiters
Date of Death:
 1916-05-20
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Age:
 49
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in bomb explosion on 11th May
Decorations:
 Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
 Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Additional
Information:
Son of Lt. Col. G. Moorhead, R.A.M.C., and Margaret Moorhead (nee Humphreys); husband of Effie Moorhead (nee Brown), of New Venture, Rustenburg, Transvaal. Born at Rustenburg. ***Might be 1st SAR
Commemoration
Country:
 Malawi
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Cemetery:
 KARONGA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 5.

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