In Memory Of
MORRISON, ROBERT WALTER
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1892-11-11
Service No:
4147
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st Regt.
Unit 2:
"D" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-07-18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, shot through the throat at Delville Wood in an attack made by himself and the seven other survivors of his platoon
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Plot 1. Row E. Grave 43.
Cemetery:
CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Robert Brown Morrison and Ruth Morrison, of Ireland. Educated at Royal School Dungannon between 1905 and 1907. Walter returned to South Africa, where he was in business in Cape Town. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery
