His story
Albert Garland was a miner whose named contact was his friend J. W. Bell in Johannesburg. He joined the South African Veterinary Corps as a dresser, no. 998, and was taken on strength on 23 May 1917.
He returned to Cape Town aboard the hospital ship Cara on 18 December 1918 and was discharged at Bloemfontein on 22 March 1919. His service card records his death from tuberculosis at Johannesburg on 10 November 1919. He is commemorated at Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery.
Before the war
- Nationality
- South African service
- Occupation
- Miner
- Family
- Friend and named contact: J. W. Bell, Kensington, Johannesburg
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Dresser
- Service number
- 998
- Corps or service
- South African Veterinary Corps
- Enlistment or entry recorded
- Taken on strength 23 May 1917
- Service status
- Discharged at Bloemfontein on 22 March 1919
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 10 November 1919
- Place of death
- Johannesburg
- Recorded cause
- Tuberculosis
- Cemetery or memorial
- JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
- Grave reference
- C.E. 6132.
Connected men
- J. PETERSENAlso buried at JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
- H. RILEYAlso buried at JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- CWGC-DERIVED CASUALTY DETAILS
- South Africa War Graves Project
- Original record image
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Albert Garland”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/sa_albert_garland/.
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