Service Details
Name:
 MATSAMAI
Given Name:
 ROBBIE
Initials:
 R
Service No:
 10003
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Native Labour Corps
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Unit 2:
 18th Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-07-23
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Cause of Death:
 Shot during riot. At Dieppe, a riot broke out, in the SANLC camp after a labourer was arrested for insubordination. His platoon stormed the gates of the guardhouse in an attempt to free him. The guards opened fire, killing four blacks and wounding 13 others including two whites
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Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Seine-Maritime
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Cemetery:
 ARQUES-LA-BATAILLE BRITISH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. C. 1.

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