Service Details
Name:
 SAVILLE
Given Name:
 HARRY
Initials:
 H
Service No:
 MT/6570
Rank:
 Mechanician
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Regiment:
 South African Service Corps
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Unit:
 M.T.
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Date of Death:
 1921-04-03
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Age:
 49
Cause of Death:
 Died of burns and heart failure
Citations:
 ***Submitted for War Grave Status to CWGC, awaiting acceptance
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. Johanna Saville, of Johannesburg. Born England. A boilermaker. Served as a Trooper (#769 & 3401) with the 2nd Battalion, Imperial Light Horse in the ABW 1899-1902. Discharged at Roberts Heights 5 April 1918 ? temporary unfit; died of burns and heart failure in JHB Hospital. Commemorated on Durban Cenotaph WW1. Commemorated on National Jewish Memorials in West Park Cemetery, Johanensburg & the War Museum, Saxonwold, Johannesburg
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 R.C. Sec. Grave 562. No headstone.

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