In Memory Of

DE BRUIN, ROBERT HENRY

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 1889-07-15
Service No:
 6584
Rank:
 Special Constable
Unit:
 5th Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Mounted Rifles
Date of Death:
 1918-10-08
Cause of Death:
 Died of influenza
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Bl. G. Row C. 12.
Cemetery:
 KIMBERLEY (WEST END) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Northern Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
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.