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Identity
Person No.
6406
Service No.
3796
Last Name
Eaton 10
First Name
Harry Richard
Initials
H R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1888 (±1 yr) 370
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
23 April 1917 141
Cause code
DIS 6,077
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of blackwater fever 225
Died of blackwater fever
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
9th South African Infantry 35
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,343
Unit
"A" Coy. 9
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,863
Locality
Eastern Cape 971
Cemetery
QUEENSTOWN CEMETERY (EASTERN CAPE) 29
Grave Reference
11. 1
Notes

Son of the late Mr. H. R. and Mrs. Elizabeth Eaton. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Born 11/11/1887. At St Andrew's from 1901-1904. Joined 9th SA Infantry for service in German East Africa. After repeated attacks of malaria he was sent to Durban where he died of blackwater fever.

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