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Private John Galbraith

 

Number: 35168

Company: 99th (Irish) Company, 8th Battalion

ENLISTMENT

Date: 9 March 1901

Place: Belfast

Age: 23 years

Trade of calling: Car driver

Place of birth: In the Parish of Coleraine, in or near the Town of Coleraine, in the County of Londonderry

Family: Single. Father Alexander Galbraith, yarn dresser, mother Ellen (nee Vauls), of Strand Road, Coleraine.

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 8". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair light brown. Acne mark left cheek.

Religion: Wesleyan

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: 13 April 1901

Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, 1901 clasps.

DEATH

Date: 29 October 1901

Place: Naauwpoort

Cause: Diffuse perostitis

Buried/ commemorated: Noupoort Garden of Remembrance.

 

Northern Constitution, 9 November 1901

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