In Memory Of

HART-DAVIS, GEOFFREY CHARLES

Service Details
Age:
 36
Date of Birth:
 1905-09-15
Service No:
 221538
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 2nd Bn.
Regiment:
 Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1941-12-09
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 14. F. 2.
Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Sidney Osborn and Catherine Carter Hart-Davis. Husband of Margaret Mary Hart-Davis, of Webber, Germiston. Born Lidgetton, Kwazulu Natal. Jumbo Hart-Davis was one of Durban's all round sportsmen, played Rugby for Wanderers in the days when they were winning great successes on the Rugby field, and representing Natal in the cricket field. He played for Natal against Captain R. T. Stanyforth's MCC team in 1928 and was responsible for the dismissal of Herbert Sutcliffe for a duck in the game played at Maritzburg, when he caught England's opening batsman off the bowling of Frank Smith. Two of his brothers, Jack and Chummie, both played Rugby for Natal.