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Name: BURGESS, John Donald
Nee: son of Rev Samuel Burgess of Edgbaston
Birth Date: 23 Mar 1876 Guisborough, Northants.
Death Date: 25.9.1914 killed in action, Ingito Hill, Tanganyika
Last Date: 1914
Profession: Engineer, Magadi Soda Co.
Married: In London 21 Oct 1902 Ethel Mary Roseby b. 15 Feb 1878 Doncaster, d. 1960 Ipswich
Children: Kathleen Constance; Joyce Averil
Book Reference: Gazette, Nicholls
War Service: Magadi Defence Force
School: Royal Naval Academy, Southsea
General Information:
Gazette - 28/10/14 - Probate & Admin. - J.F. Burgess - killed in action 25/9/14 - Ingito Hills?
Nicholls has J.D. Burgess, killed in action at Ngito Hill {cannot find him in CWGC records}
The Story of the EAMR by C.J. Wilson p. 28 'In addition, there were 2 men of the Magadi Defence Force attached to C Squadron ... one of these, J.D. Burgess, was killed; the other J.C. Burgess, was wounded.'
De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour