Identity
Person No.
19082
Old ROH no.
16685
Service No.
9383
Last Name
First Name
Mbalela
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,190
Drowned
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Ntshetsha, of Mbece's Location, Libode, Cape Province. Added in 2007 for Mendi re-dedication
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
9383 Sergeant HAWKES, A.J. was killed in action on 14 May, 1902 at Tradouw, having very nearly survived the war. It is unusual for a member of the Army Service Corps to be KIA. His medals are: East and West Africa Medal with bar Sierra Leone 1898-99 named in script T/9383, Sgt. A.J. Hawkes, A.S.C. The Queen's South Africa Medal with bars Diamond Hill, Johannesburg, OFS, and Cape Colony, named as above with out the T, and a King’s South Africa Medal with bars 1901 and 1902 named as above with spelling Serjt. When my sons and I visited South Africa we located three graves of the extended Hawkes family but were unable to find Tradouw and the resting place of Sgt. Hawkes. A photograph would go well with the medals. Kenneth Hawkes hawkes@garlic.com Kenneth Hawkes
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