Service Details
Name:
 HART-DAVIS
Given Name:
 GEOFFREY CHARLES
Initials:
 G C
Service No:
 221538
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 2nd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-09
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Date of Birth:
 1905-09-15
Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason)
Additional
Information:
Son of Sidney Osborn and Catherine Carter (nee Raw) Hart-Davis. Husband of Margaret Mary (nee Bond) Hart-Davis, of Webber, Germiston. Born Lidgetton, Kwazulu Natal. Jumbo Hart-Davis was one of Durban's all round sportsmen, played Rugby for Wanderers in the days when they were winning great successes on the Rugby field, and representing Natal in the cricket field. He played for Natal against Captain R. T. Stanyforth's MCC team in 1928 and was responsible for the dismissal of Herbert Sutcliffe for a duck in the game played at Maritzburg, when he caught England's opening batsman off the bowling of Frank Smith. Two of his brothers, Jack and Chummie, both played Rugby for Natal. Educated Michaelhouse. Commemorated on St Paul's Anglican Church, Durban & the Michaelhouse WWII Memorials
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 14. F. 2.

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