Service Details
Name:
 MILLIGAN
Given Name:
 ALEXANDER
Initials:
 A
Service No:
 5451
Rank:
 Lance Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1917-08-21
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Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Committed suicide, self inflicted neck wounds
Additional
Information:
Son of William and Mary Margaret Milligan, of Kirkcudbright, Scotland. Born Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland in 1881. A miner. Served with the Scottish Horse in the ABW 1901-1902; served in the Bambatha Rebellion 1906. Commemorated on an additional panel to the Dundee & District WWI Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 N.C. 4075.

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