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| Surname | | WATERSTON |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Robert Burns |
| Regimental Number | | 31762 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 2nd Scottish Horse |
| State | | |
Extracts and Comments
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Price2: Queen's South Africa medal and 5 clasps.
URL1: Corporal 40148.
Source:# 653 born in Eaglehawk Vic in 1881, enlisted in 2nd Scottish horse with brothers John Walker and Richard Albert WATERSTON, returned to S. Africa after war to marry around 1904-06 in Stutterheim Cape Province, where he joined the Cape Mounted Police. He moved to Benoni Transvaal and as one of the leaders of the Rand Mine rebellion was amongst 9 labour agitators deported by the Smuts Government. He later became Mayor of Benoni and a Railway Commissioner under the PACT government in 1924, serving on the Railways Board for 10 years. He died in 1965 in Gonubie S. Africa.
URL3: Labour Party MLA and Secretary of the SALP in 1914 before Smuts deported him to Britain.
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| Source References | |
Price2: Southern Cross Scots page(s) 135 162
A6394: National Archives of Australia series A6394
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 563
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| External Link URL1 | | www.britishmedals.us/files/iyw.htm |
| External Link URL2 | | www.sahistory.org.za/pages/specialprojects/randrevolt/rand-revolt.htm |
| External Link URL3 | | www.revolutionary-history.co.uk/supplem/Hirson/1922.html |
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