Service Details
Name:
 GORDON
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 37
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Cape Coloured Labour Regiment
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Unit:
 1st
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Date of Death:
 1921-04-10
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Age:
 37
Cause of Death:
 Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, at Tempe Military Hospital, Bloemfontein
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. Rupert Gordon, of Palmboom Road, Newlands, Cape Town. A labourer. Discharged 5 August 1917, unfit for service with debility, as a result of exposure in France
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 BLOEMFONTEIN AREA CEMETERY ?
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Grave Reference:
 Reportedly buried at the Rooidam Cemetery, Bloemfontein

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