Service Details
Name:
 KEITH
Given Name:
 BAIRD WILSON
Initials:
 B W
Service No:
 ME/55
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Mounted Engineers
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Date of Death:
 1918-09-23
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Date of Birth:
 1883-11-12
Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Died as a result of falling from a train. He was on his way to Ladysmith, presumably to visit his parents and fell from the train near Fortuna Station (Heidelberg District, Transvaal). He later died at Heidelberg Hospital from head injuries.
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas and Ann Keith, of Ladysmith, Natal
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 HEIDELBERG CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 C.E. 420.

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