Service Details
Name:
 BUCKLE
Given Name:
 ALEXANDER ROSS
Initials:
 A R
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Army Service Corps
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Unit:
 attd. YMCA Field Force Canteens
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Lieut. South African Service Corps (GSWA) and Sgt. HT/3507 Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport
Date of Death:
 1920-04-23
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Age:
 43
Cause of Death:
 Died of cancer of the tongue, at Kimberley
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mary Ann Buckle, of P.O. Box 48, Bloemhof, Transvaal. Served in GSWA in South African Army Service Corps. Joined CAHTC as Sergeant 16-May-1917, and posted to No. 7 Coy 18-May-1917. To Army Service Corps (BEF) 10-June-1918. Disembarked at Cape Town on HMT Ingoma 9-August-1919. Released from service 12-August-1919 at Maitland. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 KIMBERLEY (WEST END) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 SOUTH AFRICAN BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

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