In Memory Of

PUNTAN, HERBERT FORBES

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 3rd Bn.
Unit 2:
 attd. 2nd Bn.
Regiment:
 Gordon Highlanders
Date of Death:
 1917-04-09
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Bay 8 and 9.
Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Lt. Col. Herbert Harding Cruickshank and Helen Puntan, of Ridge Road, Durban. Born West Ham, London, England June 1889. Educated Durban High School. Served as a Corporal (#107) with the Natal Mounted Rifles in GSWA 1914-1915. Commemoration stone in Mid Illovo (St. Margaret's) Anglican Churchyard, Kwazulu Natal. Commemorated on the 70-foot Macduff WWI Memorial Tower, Banff & Buchan, Grampian, Scotland & on a memorial scroll in Macduff Parish Church. Commemorated on St. Mary's Anglican Church, Greyville WWI Memorial.