Service Details
Name:
 BURDETT
Given Name:
 ADAM FRANCIS
Initials:
 A F
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Service Corps
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Unit:
 M.T.
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Date of Death:
 1918-11-04
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Date of Birth:
 1882-08-20
Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Died of pneumonia
Additional
Information:
Husband of Flora Martha Burdett (nee AM ENDE). b. 20 August 1882. A South African rugby union player from Oudtshoorn. He was killed in World War I, while serving as a captain in the South African Service Corps. He took part in the 1906-07 South Africa rugby union tour, the original 'Springbok' tour. He was awarded two caps in November 1906, one against Scotland and one against Ireland. He played for Western Province. He was 5 feet 10 inches, and weighed 12 stone 9 pounds.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
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