Service Details
Name:
 TINDALL
Given Name:
 JOHN CHRISTOPHER
Initials:
 J C
Service No:
 58077
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 General Service Corps, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1946-05-03
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Date of Birth:
 1900-03-26
Age:
 46
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry and Lilian Tindall; husband of Dorothy Emily (nee Murison) Tindall, of Cape Town. A South African rugby international. He played his rugby in Western Province and captained Cape Town club Hamilton. He was involved with the Springboks for the first time in 1921, as a fly-half on their tour of Australia and New Zealand, but didn't feature in any Test matches. On the recommendation of Gerhard Morkel, Tindall later switched to fullback and was capped in a win over the 1924 British Lions at Kingsmead. He was the Springboks fullback for all four Test matches against the touring All Blacks in 1928. During the 1931-32 tour of the British Isles, he was hospitalised after suffering an abdominal injury against London at Twickenham, which developed into peritonitis. His condition was at one stage critical.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 109.

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