ROBERTSON – CLAUDE WILLIAM
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| Born: Rank: CAPT. Regiment: ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY GPS: S25°40.495 E27°14.705 |
Reason for death: KILLED IA Place of death: SELONS RIVER – NEAR MOGATO PASS Date of death: 1900/07/22 Memorial: RUSTENBURG |
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LIONEL WULFSOHN IN HIS BOOK ‘RUSTENBURG AT WAR’ EXPLAINS THAT CAPTAIN ROBERTSON, SECONDED TO THE AUSTRALIAN BUSHMEN, WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY, AND THAT IS WHY A ROYAL MARINE BADGE IS ON HIS TOMBSTONE.
