Service Details
Name:
 HARVARD
Given Name:
 JOHN LAWRENCE
Initials:
 J L
Service No:
 SR/598356V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 "A" Sqdn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Kimberley Regiment
Date of Death:
 1944-07-01
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Date of Birth:
 1916-04-25
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the advance of "A" Squadron, in the vicinity of Torrito di Siena, Italy. His tank was blown up by a mine or demolition charge, killing Bodington, Harvard and Meyer. Crawford died later from severe burn injuries
Additional
Information:
Son of John M. Harvard, of Soutthern Rhodesia and Madeline V. Lake (formerly Harvard), of "Amberley", Waverly Lane, Farnham, Surrey, England. Born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. A farmer. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave II, B, 5.

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