In Memory Of

MOORHEAD, GEORGE OLIVER

Service Details
Age:
 49
Date of Birth:
 1866-09-07
Rank:
 Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:
 1st
Regiment:
 South African Rifles
Former Regiment:
 formerly Northern Transvaal Ruiters
Date of Death:
 1916-05-20
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in bomb explosion on 11th May
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 5.
Cemetery:
 KARONGA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Malawi
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
 LG Sup 22 August 1918 pg. 9790 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Son of Lt. Col. George Alexander Moorhead, R.A.M.C., and Margaret Moorhead (nee Humphreys); husband of Euphemia "Effie" Anne Moorhead (nee Brown), of New Venture, Rustenburg, Transvaal. Born Rawalpindi, India. A medical practioner. ***Might be 1st SAR