In Memory Of

EATON, HARRY RICHARD

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 1887-11-11
Service No:
 3796
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 9th Regt.
Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-04-23
Cause of Death:
 Died of blackwater fever
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 11.
Cemetery:
 QUEENSTOWN CEMETERY (EASTERN CAPE)
Localitly:
 Eastern Cape
Country:
 South Africa
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.