Identity
Person No.
1893
Service No.
8929
Last Name
First Name
Andrew Edward
Initials
A E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men
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Additional Information
Notes
Son of Robert and Agnes Blair, of 43a, Brand St., Kroonstad, Orange Free State. Born at Fouriesburg, Orange Free State. Proceeding to Scotland, he entered George Watson's College in 1906. He won the Shooting Championship 1912, and returned to South Africa that year, and entered the School of Mines and Technology, Johannesburg, intending to qualify as a mining engineer. In 1914 he was mobilised with the Rand Rifles. He was released and returned to the School of Mines. In Jan. 1916 he enlisted for service.
Citation
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External Source
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South African War Graves Project