Service Details
Name:
 DE BRUIN
Given Name:
 ROBERT HENRY
Initials:
 R H
Service No:
 6584
Rank:
 Special Constable
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Regiment:
 South African Mounted Rifles
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Unit:
 5th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-10-08
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Date of Birth:
 1889-07-15
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Died of influenza
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. Theunis Cornelius de Bruin, of P.O. Indwe, Cape Province. Served as 5701 with 3rd South African Infantry. Wounded at Deville Wood 18 July1916. Latter gassed. Discharged medically unfit. Reattested 16961 1st SAI Bde. Discharged and re-attested in King's African Rifles.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 KIMBERLEY (WEST END) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Bl. G. Row C. 12.

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