Service Details
Name:
 WEDDERBURN
Given Name:
 ALEXANDER
Initials:
 A
Service No:
 3188
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-01-26
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Date of Birth:
 1887-07-06
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at Mersa Matruh
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 21 June 1916 pg. 6181
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. Alexander John Ennis and Susanna Alice Wedderburn, of 32 Monument Road, Bloemfontein. Brother of Christopher. Both keen rugby players, and all represented the Orange Free State in 1911, playing in the same team. In 1915 Percy coached OFS, after representing the province at the Currie Cup Tournament in Durban in 1914. He continued playing for OFS right up to 1920, a period of nine years. Alexander was killed in WWI at Mersah Matruh in North Africa. He was the first of the Old Grey Boys to die in action.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Q. 473A.

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