Identity
Person No.
33817
Service No.
84488105BG
Last Name
First Name
John
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Military Service
Rank
Unknown
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,571
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on the Grootfontein-Tsumeb road
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Notes
Of Walthamstow, Essex, England
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
5109 L/Cpl. E. White was an undecorated hero. Assigned to the 7Th M.I. He was shot through the stomach while rescuing a trooper from The Lincolns who had a horse shot out from under him and was being shot at and chased by the enemy. Action at a farm near Clocolan on 23 March, 1901. He was taken to Bloemfontein where he died on 16 May, 1901. (Eyewitness account from A SOLDIER'S DIARY, Sgt. Murray Jackson)
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