born at emerald Victoria in 1878 son of Edwin and emma cyrene whiting nee smithers
Samuel joined the Scottish light horse regiment
THE LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT WAS UNIQUE IN ITS IMPERIAL CHARACTER AS ITS MEN WERE DARAWN FROM SCOTLAND AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AFRICA.
PRIVATE WHITING WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON A FARM CALLED EKLANDSKLOOF ON THE 3RD JULY 1901.
HE WAS ORIGINALY BURIED AT A MILITARY CEMETERY THAT LAY ALONG SIDE A RAILWAY LINE, THE SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAY COMPANY REQUIRED THE LAND ON WHICH THE CEMETERY LAY FOR FUTHER EXPANSION AND HIS REMAINS WITH OTHERS WERE EXHUMED AND REINTERED AT THE MILITARY SECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL CEMETERY AT MACHADADORP also known as (entokozweni) ON THE 16TH OF JUNE 1975
born at emerald Victoria in 1878 son of Edwin and emma cyrene whiting nee smithers
Samuel joined the Scottish light horse regiment
THE LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT WAS UNIQUE IN ITS IMPERIAL CHARACTER AS ITS MEN WERE DARAWN FROM SCOTLAND AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AFRICA.
PRIVATE WHITING WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON A FARM CALLED EKLANDSKLOOF ON THE 3RD JULY 1901.
HE WAS ORIGINALY BURIED AT A MILITARY CEMETERY THAT LAY ALONG SIDE A RAILWAY LINE, THE SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAY COMPANY REQUIRED THE LAND ON WHICH THE CEMETERY LAY FOR FUTHER EXPANSION AND HIS REMAINS WITH OTHERS WERE EXHUMED AND REINTERED AT THE MILITARY SECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL CEMETERY AT MACHADADORP also known as (entokozweni) ON THE 16TH OF JUNE 1975
Family Members
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John Henry Whiting
1870–1949
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Caroline Amelia Whiting
1872–1875
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Edwin George Whiting
1873–1919
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Adalina Rosina Whiting Trewin
1875–1933
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Charles James Whiting
1880–1933
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Alice Maud Whiting
1883–1959
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Walter Ernest Whiting
1885–1971
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Cyrene Catherine Elenor Whiting Olin
1887–1979
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Percy Hill Whiting
1890–1895
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Leslie Keilor Brassey Whiting
1896–1982
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