In Memory Of

COLLYER, JOHN JOHNSTON

Service Details
Age:
 70
Date of Birth:
 1870-09-21
Rank:
 Major General
Regiment:
 General Service Corps, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1941-08-02
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CREMATION MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Western Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 C B, C M G, D S O, C.St.J., Croix d'Officier (France), Order of St. Anne, 2nd Class (with Swords) (Russia)
Citations:
 C.B. LG Sup 30 January 1917. pg. 1143, C.M.G. LG Sup 26 June 1916 pg. 6316, Croix d'Officier LG Sup 22 August 1918 pg. 9803, Order of St. Anne, 2nd Class (with Swords) LG Sup 15 February 1917, C.St.J. LG 1 January 1937
Son of John Monsey Collyer and Helen Jane (nee Falconer) Collyer. Husband of Hilda Rochford Collyer, of Cape Town. Served as Lieutenant in Cape Mounted Rifles. Served in Boer War. Chief of the General Staff, Union Defence Forces 1917-1920. Director-General of Reserves, Union Defence Forces 1939. Military Secretary to the Minister of Defence, South Africa 1939-1941