Service Details
Name:
 PAXTON
Given Name:
 ROBERT HENRY
Initials:
 R H
Service No:
 7850
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-09
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Date of Birth:
 1885-01-26
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Battle of Arras
Additional
Information:
Son of Robert and Frances (nee Page) Paxton. Husband of Ethel Rose (nee Hissey) Paxton. Twin brother of Lily Elizabeth (nee Paxton) Irwin, of Durban, Natal. Born Durban. A carpenter. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stamford Hill) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ROCLINCOURT VALLEY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IV. G. 8.

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