Service Details
Name:
 HOLGATE
Given Name:
 JOHN JEFFREY
Initials:
 J J
Service No:
 6707
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-13
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Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of Edward J. and Leonie J. Holgate, of Cato Road, Durban; husband of Kathleen Holgate, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. For years Honorary Secretary of Durban Rovers Rugby Club, steering the club through some troubled patches and helping bring it back to its position in Durban Rugby.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 13. F. 2.

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