Service Details
Name:
 COLLYER
Given Name:
 JOHN JOHNSTON
Initials:
 J J
Rank:
 Major General
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Regiment:
 General Service Corps, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1941-08-02
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Date of Birth:
 1870-09-21
Age:
 70
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
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
Additional
Information:
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
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CREMATION MEMORIAL
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