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CWGC has this: BURTON, CLAUDE FITZGERALD Rank: Lance Sergeant Service No: 1916 Date of Death: 18/07/1916 Age: 21 Regiment/Service: South African Infantry "D" Coy. 1st Regt. Panel Reference Pier and Face 4 C. Memorial THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of the late Capt. George W. Burton, of Madras, Southern India, and of Naomi Elizabeth Burton (now Mrs. O'Connor), of "Calpe", Blackrock, Dublin. Educated at Sea Point School, Cape Town. On staff of National Bank of South Africa, Ltd. Also served in German South West Africa with Cape Peninsula Rifles and in Egypt.

UK Commonwealth War Graves database gives his full name as Claude Fitzgerald Sommerville Burton. Armorial Families of England shows that his grandfather was Henry Burton, Gentleman, b. 1817 ; d. 1894 who married Catherine Barnes {d. 1890), d. of Col. W. Somerville Mitchell, I.S.C. His father was George William Burton, Gentleman, b. 1856 ; m. 1894, Naomi, eld. d. of Richard Ward, of Howden, Yorkshire. 2 younger brothers: Cyril Leeds McHutcheon Burton, Gentleman, b. 1897 and Alfred Vere Ansted Burton, Gentleman, b. 1900. Res. —

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There is some doubt as to the correct spelling to Dick’s surname. George Richard Rogers or George Richard Rodgers In the Australia War Memorial records (Boer War Nominal roll) and Australians serving in the Boer War (members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/military/index.html) he is named: George Richard Rogers Service number: 346 Rank: Private Unit: 5 (QLD IMPERIAL BUSHMEN) CNTGNT Departed: March 6, 1901. Returned: April 30, 1902. But in a newspaper article of the time he is described as George Richard Rodgers - nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21254456

I would also wish to comment that I'm not sure this would have been in Capetown but rather in Durban... The rickshaw was a popular mode of transport in Durban were the local Zulu people were more often employed to do such work. In Capetown the local peoples were comprised of Cape Malay and Hottentot peoples and this gentleman is not from one of these peoples...

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Common Tern That's a very interestng comment. We will check the originl photograph for verification of the location and let you know of the result here in the comments.

State Library of Queensland Thank you! My reason for mentioning is, is as follows: www.flickr.com/photos/8157803@N06/3946078944/in/set-72157...

Launched 1919, completed 1921, scrapped 1959. Beautiful Liner.

Malcolm Mounteer Thank you!