Service Details
Name:
 THORBURN
Given Name:
 ROBERT BROWN
Initials:
 R B
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 8th Infantry (Transvaal Scottish)
Date of Death:
 1916-07-18
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Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Decorations:
 Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
 Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War 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 James and Eliza Stark Brown Thorburn. Born at Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
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Grave Reference:
 II. G. 10.

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