In Memory Of

HOLGATE, JOHN JEFFREY

Service Details
Age:
 32
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 6707
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 1st
Regiment:
 Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1941-12-13
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 13. F. 2.
Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
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.