Service Details
Name:
 EATON
Given Name:
 HARRY RICHARD
Initials:
 H R
Service No:
 3796
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 9th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-23
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Date of Birth:
 1887-11-11
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Died of blackwater fever
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Mr. H. R. and Mrs. Elizabeth Eaton. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Born 11/11/1887. At St Andrew's from 1901-1904. Joined 9th SA Infantry for service in German East Africa. After repeated attacks of malaria he was sent to Durban where he died of blackwater fever.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Eastern Cape
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Cemetery:
 QUEENSTOWN CEMETERY (EASTERN CAPE)
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Grave Reference:
 11.

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