In Memory Of

HATHORN, WALTER BLAIKIE

Service Details
Age:
 48
Date of Birth:
 1893-02-10
Service No:
 172845
Rank:
 Captain
Unit 2:
 attd. H.Q. 5th South African Inf. Bde.
Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1941-10-24
Cause of Death:
 Died of coronary thrombosis, in Pietermaritzburg
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Block A. Grave 504.
Cemetery:
 PIETERMARITZBURG (MOUNTAIN RISE) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Kwazulu Natal
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 20 December 1918 pg. 14936 as Lt. with 6 Dragoon Guards in WW1
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