Service Details
Name:
ALVA-WRIGHT
Given Name:
SEYMOUR
Initials:
S
Service No:
27395
Rank:
Sergeant
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Regiment:
South African Pay Corps
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Former Regiment:
2nd Transvaal Scottish
Date of Death:
1941-10-21
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Date of Birth:
1902-01-04
Age:
39
Cause of Death:
Committed suicide, self inflicted bullet wound, died in Johannesburg General Hospital
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles and Amelia H. Alva-Wright, of Johannesburg; husband of E. J. Alva-Wright, of Dunbar Street, Bellevue, Johannesburg. Served with 1 SAI in WW1 and had 2 children, aged 10 and 13. A bookkeeper/clerk before enlistment
Commemoration
Country:
South Africa
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Locality:
Gauteng
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Cemetery:
JOHANNESBURG (BRAAMFONTEIN) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
C. of E. Sec. Grave 25350.

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