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Identity
Person No.
21452
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Ernest Henry
Initials
E H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Death Record
Cause of Death
Drowned at sea (from H.T. "Mendi")
Grave Reference
Additional Information
Notes

Husband of Dora Martha Richardson, of Clairwood, Natal. Previous service in Royston's Horse 1906. In WW1 previously served in South West Africa and German East Africa with 8th South African Horse. Reported to have jumped into water and re-boarded ship to encourage blacks to jump in the water who were afraid to leave.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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