In Memory Of

TINDALL, JOHN CHRISTOPHER

Service Details
Age:
 46
Date of Birth:
 1900-03-26
Service No:
 58077
Rank:
 Captain
Regiment:
 General Service Corps, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1946-05-03
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 109.
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
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.