Service Details
Name:
 EATON
Given Name:
 WILLIAM ROBERT SHAW
Initials:
 W R S
Rank:
 Burgher
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Regiment:
 Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 Botha's Commando
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Date of Death:
 1914-11-19
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Vet River
Additional
Information:
Son of Lewis and Mary Jane Eaton. Husband of Esther Jacoba Eaton (nee Reeder), of Lindley, Orange Free State. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Zandvliet Farm Burial Ground.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 VIRGINIA CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Spec. Memorial. (Mil. Sec.).

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