GAWNE – JAMES MOORE
| Born: 1854/07/00 Rank: LIEUT.-COL Regiment: ROYAL LANCASTER REGT.- 2ND BATT – COMMANDER GPS: S27°46.865 E30°47.938 |
Reason for death: DOW Place of death: VRYHEID Date of death: 1900/12/12 Memorial: VRYHEID |
Note:
THE TABLET SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS FOUND IN PRISTINE CONDITION AT THE DIAMOND HILL CEMETRY, NEAR PRETORIA, SOME DISTANCE FROM VRYHEID WHERE LIEUT.-COL GAWNE DIED. AS THE CAIRN BUILT ON LANCASTER HILL, VRYHEID, TO COMMEMORATE LIEUT.-COL GAWNE HAS BEEN VANDALISED, THE TABLET NOW RESIDES AT THE TALANA MUSEUM IN DUNDEE, FOR SAFE KEEPING.
