Identity
Person No.
41305
Service No.
2263
Last Name
First Name
Gordon William
Initials
G W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
45
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
Regimental Band, HQ Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Hendrik and Johanna Susanna Reynders le Sueur. Private Secretary of Cecil John Rhodes, born in Cape Town, he was educated at Diocesan College (Bishops) and entered the Cape Civil Service in 1892. In 1897 he went to Rhodesia and was one of Cecil Rhodes's private secretaries until the statesman's death in 1902. In 1904 he founded the Inhambane Oil Union, an exploration company in Mozambique, and also started a biography of his former employer. In 1906, however, The Rhodes Trustees bought his material on condition he abandoned the project. Entering journalism he returned to Rhodesia in 1910 and in 1913 published his reminiscences of Cecil Rhodes.
Citation
***Submitted for War Grave Status to CWGC, awaiting acceptance
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project