In Memory Of

HALE, GEORGE EDWARD

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 6537
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-07-16
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, gun shot wound injury to spine, received at Delville Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 B. 38.
Cemetery:
 DURBAN (ORDNANCE ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Kwazulu Natal
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Edward and Alice Hale, of Red Hill, Durban, Natal. Born Battersea, London. Member of the Queens Park Swimming Club. An engine fitter with the SAR&H. Served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; WIA (GSW to spine) at Bernafay Wood 13/7/1916. He was evacuated to Rouen, then Wandsworth, England; repatriated Durban; operation on spine to remove shrapnel 30/6/1917 successful - condition dangerous. Commemorated on the following WWI Memorials: Frere Rd Presbyterian Church; 'The Greenwood Park, Red Hill & Avoca' in Red Hill Cemetery, Durban North; the Queens Park Swimming Club, Durban North Swimming Pool; St. Mary?s Anglican Church, Greyville the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph & on the SAR&H WWI Memorials in Durban & Bloemfontein railway stations.