Service Details
Name:
RAMSAY
Given Name:
ADAM
Initials:
A
Service No:
957
Rank:
Sergeant
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Regiment:
South African Infantry
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Unit:
6th Regt.
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Date of Death:
1916-08-17
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Date of Birth:
1888-01-24
Age:
28
Cause of Death:
Died of fever and pneumonia, at Turiani
Additional
Information:
Son of David Pieter and Martha Cornelia Ramsay, of 48, Dale St., Uitenhage, Cape Province, South Africa. According to Wirgman, "Ramsay contracted fever, like a good many others, and was in a weak condition when his guns went forward. Contrary to the advice of other members of the gun's crew, he was determined to march on, and, passing through a drift, got a thorough wetting. Pneumonia supervened, which ended the career of this fine soldier. The prospect of the loneliness and inactivity of a field hospital in a great wild, wide-spreading country must have been more than irksome to a strong nature. It is not for us, therefore, to blame his unwisdom, but rather to admire and extol his bravery."
Commemoration
Country:
Tanzania
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Cemetery:
DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
8. B. 1.

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