In Memory Of

SMITH, HENRY

Service Details
Age:
 44
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Sergeant
Regiment:
 Natal Carbineers
Date of Death:
 1906-01-18
Cause of Death:
 Murdered, he accompanied his labourers to Camperdown to pay their taxes. That night, a servant handed him a note whilst he was sitting on his verandah. As he turned to the lamp light to read it, he was stabbed to death
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 PIETERMARITZBURG (COMMERCIAL ROAD) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Kwazulu Natal
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Sarah Ann Smith. He had 6 children. Born Pinetown in 1862. An Umlaas Road farmer and popular master. In the subsequent trial the servant admitted that he had resented paying his tax, and had killed his master for that reason