In Memory Of

RINTOUL, ROBERT

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 9161
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 4th Regt.
Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Former Regiment:
 formerly Krugersdorp Commando
Date of Death:
 1917-04-09
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Battle of Arras
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XV. N. 5.
Cemetery:
 CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Brother of Jennie Auslan, of 21 Braxfield Road, Marchmount, Lanark, Scotland. A Delville Wood and Longueval survivor. Born in 1888 in Melbourne, Australia, and attested for service at Potchefstroom near Johannesburg, on the 21st of January, 1916, at the age of 28. Previously worked as a fitter. Service file indicates once deprived 5 days pay "for being unshaven past 9.00am" and had later been caught "drunk".