Service Details
Name:
 EMSLIE
Given Name:
 SAMUEL
Initials:
 S
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Native Labour Corps
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Unit:
 5th Bn.
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Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-02-21
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Age:
 61
Cause of Death:
 Drowned at sea (from H.T. "Mendi")
Additional
Information:
Husband of Amy Gush Emslie. Father of Alan J. Emslie, of Cape Town. Was reported that he gave up a spot on a lifeboat because there wasn't enough room for the blacks. Commemoration stone in Mthatha Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 3.

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