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Captain ROBERT CAIRNS

Service Number: 240342
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Intelligence Corps

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1942

Age 59 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIMBERLEY (WEST END) CEMETERY

R.C. Block M. Row B. Grave 6.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of John and Janet Cairns; husband of Ethel Cairns.
  • Personal Inscription HE DID HIS DUTY AND GAVE HIS ALL
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

KIMBERLEY (WEST END) CEMETERY
Northern Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 1599
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