South African Native Labour Corps
Hendry OLIVER
Labourer
Record discrepancy: The South African Roll of Honour uses South African Native Labour Corps and says CWGC acceptance is pending. The South Africa War Graves Project uses Military Labour Corps and reports acceptance while the burial site is under investigation. Both record attachment to the South African Veterinary Corps. We have not verified current CWGC status from an official record.
South African Roll of Honour · South Africa War Graves Project
His story
Hendry Oliver attested at Pretoria on 20 November 1915, according to the South African Roll of Honour and South Africa War Graves Project. He served as Labourer 1060, attached to the South African Veterinary Corps.
These compiled records give his death as 1 April 1917, at Kilwa, and attribute it to malaria.
Before the war
- Nationality
- South African service
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Labourer
- Service number
- 1060
- Corps or service
- South African Native Labour Corps
- Unit
- Attached South African Veterinary Corps
- Enlistment or entry recorded
- 20 November 1915 at Pretoria (South African Roll of Honour)
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 1 April 1917
- Place of death
- Kilwa
Sources and further reading
- SOUTH AFRICAN ROLL OF HONOUR — 1 APRIL
- South African Roll of Honour
- South Africa War Graves Project — Hendry Oliver
- CWGC war dead search
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Hendry Oliver”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/sa_attached_hendry_oliver/.
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