Service Details
Name:
 PUNTAN
Given Name:
 HERBERT FORBES
Initials:
 H F
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Gordon Highlanders
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Unit:
 3rd Bn.
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Unit 2:
 attd. 2nd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-09
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of Lt. Col. Herbert Harding Cruickshank and Helen Puntan, of Ridge Road, Durban. Born West Ham, London, England June 1889. Educated Durban High School. Served as a Corporal (#107) with the Natal Mounted Rifles in GSWA 1914-1915. Commemoration stone in Mid Illovo (St. Margaret's) Anglican Churchyard, Kwazulu Natal. Commemorated on the 70-foot Macduff WWI Memorial Tower, Banff & Buchan, Grampian, Scotland & on a memorial scroll in Macduff Parish Church. Commemorated on St. Mary's Anglican Church, Greyville WWI Memorial.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Bay 8 and 9.

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