Service Details
Name:
 HEARN
Given Name:
 ROBERT JOHN RAMAGE
Initials:
 R J R
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Rifles
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Adjutant:
 Adjt.
Unit:
 2nd
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Former Regiment:
 2nd Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)
Date of Death:
 1916-07-24
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Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
 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 Robert John Sneddon and Mary Sophia Elder (nee Stubbs) Ramage. Husband of Helena Blanche Marcus (formerly Hearn, nee Mellis), of "Fairholme," Johnston Lane, Smith St., Durban. Born Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland. A hotel proprietor. Served with the 2nd South African Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) in GSWA 1914-1915. Commemorated on the Dundee and District; Howick / Lions River District & St John's Gowrie Anglican Church, Nottingham Road WWI Memorials. Commemoration stone in Dundee Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 IRINGA CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IX. A. 8.

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