South African Native Labour Corps

Jana (John) Ntuli TOBIE

Labourer

Other ranks

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

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His story

Jana (John) Ntuli Tobie attested at Pretoria on 19 November 1915, according to the South African Roll of Honour and South Africa War Graves Project. He served as Labourer 1070, attached to the South African Veterinary Corps.

These compiled records give his death as 2 July 1917, at Eshowe after his return to South Africa, and attribute it to uraemia.

Before the war

Nationality
South African service

Military service

Rank recorded
Labourer
Service number
1070
Corps or service
South African Native Labour Corps
Unit
South African Veterinary Corps attachment
Enlistment or entry recorded
19 November 1915 at Pretoria (South African Roll of Honour)

Death and burial

Date of death
2 July 1917
Place of death
Eshowe, following return to South Africa

Sources and further reading

Cite this biography

Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Jana (John) Ntuli Tobie”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/sa_attached_jana_john_ntuli_tobie/.

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