Service Details
Name:
 MORTON
Given Name:
 ALEXANDER ARCHIBALD
Initials:
 A A
Service No:
 5430
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-16
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Missing in action, at Delville Wood or Waterlot Farm
Additional
Information:
Son of William Scott Morton and Jane Scott Morton, of 93, River St., Sunnyside, Pretoria, South Africa. His brother also died on service. On Maritzburg College cenotaph. Commemoration stone in Pretoria (Rebecca Street) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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