Service Details
Name:
 HATHORN
Given Name:
 WALTER BLAIKIE
Initials:
 W B
Service No:
 172845
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 attd. H.Q. 5th South African Inf. Bde.
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Date of Death:
 1941-10-24
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Date of Birth:
 1893-02-10
Age:
 48
Cause of Death:
 Died of coronary thrombosis, in Pietermaritzburg
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 20 December 1918 pg. 14936 as Lt. with 6 Dragoon Guards in WW1
Additional
Information:
Son of the Hon. Mr. Justice Kenneth Howard Hathorn and Agnes Elizabeth Hathorn, of Pietermaritzburg; husband of Alice Rosamond Hathorn, of Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg. M.A. (Cantab.). LL.B. (South Africa). Advocate of South African Supreme Court. His brother died on service in WW1
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 PIETERMARITZBURG (MOUNTAIN RISE) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Block A. Grave 504.

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