Service Details
Name:
 BOTHA
Given Name:
 MARTHINUS LOURENS JOHANNES
Initials:
 M L J
Service No:
 117
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Mounted Brigade
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Unit:
 5th
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Unit 2:
 3rd Regt. "B" Sqdn. (Brand's V. Schutters)
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Date of Death:
 1915-05-27
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, accidentally shot in abdomen, received on 22nd May
Additional
Information:
Son of Lourens Rasmus and Maria Magrieta Elizabeth Botha, of Josephsdal, P.O. Steynsrust. Born District Heilbron. A labourer.
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
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Cemetery:
 KARIBIB CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 131. S.F.

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