Identity
Person No.
9319
Service No.
26530
Last Name
First Name
John Hutchinson
Initials
J H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during the attack on Bardia. Although he was initially buried near the Gunnery repair shop, just off the road at Bardia (Map Ref 5187 3964), near the grave of Pte. J. D. Collins, the current location of his remains is unknown
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Column 120.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Car
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Formed 21 September 1899 as the Imperial Light Horse (Second Boer War). Volunteer unit in the Transvaal Volunteers 1902-1913, then transferred to the Active Citizen Force as "5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse)" in 1913. Reformed as an armoured regiment 1949; split into 1 LHR/2 LHR 1975 (Border War era), reamalgamated 1997. Renamed Johannesburg Light Horse Regiment 2019.
Notes
Husband of Mrs. S. E. Harrison, of 143, Howard Avenue, Benoni, Transvaal. Born in Benoni. A Municipal Treasury Clerk. He had 1 child.
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