Service Details
Name:
 GALPIN
Given Name:
 ROWLAND HENRY
Initials:
 R H
Service No:
 240
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 Graaff-Reinet Commando
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Unit 2:
 "C" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1914-11-26
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in a fight with rebels at Rooidam. Kemp and his group of rebels were attempting to cross the Kalahari to meet up with the rebel leader Maritz
Additional
Information:
Son of Ernest Edward and Maria Elizabeth Galpin, of Queenstown, Cape Province
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 STEENKAMPSPAN FARM CEMETERY, UPINGTON
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