Service Details
Name:
 HADDON
Given Name:
 DACRE LOVETT
Initials:
 D L
Service No:
 110032V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 6th Mounted Regiment
Date of Death:
 1944-07-06
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Date of Birth:
 1922-01-10
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during enemy shelling of the tank harbour positions near Villa a Sesta, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Hugh Evelyn and Isabel Annie Goddart (nee Lovett) Haddon, of "Fairseat", Alexandria Road, Kenilworth, Cape Town. Born Cape Town. A student. He was unmarried. Dacre Haddon from Diocesan College, Rondebosch region was named a Rhodes Scholar to Trinity College in 1941/2. Remembered on Diocesan College Roll of Honour. He attended Diocesan College 1930-39.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XI. G. 8.

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