South African Native Labour Corps
John SEJOHN
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
John Sejohn 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 1082, attached to the South African Veterinary Corps.
These compiled records give his death as 11 May 1917, at Durban Hospital after his return to South Africa, and attribute it to dysentery.
Before the war
- Nationality
- South African service
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Labourer
- Service number
- 1082
- 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
- 11 May 1917
- Place of death
- Durban Hospital, following return to South Africa
Sources and further reading
- SOUTH AFRICAN ROLL OF HONOUR — 11 MAY
- South African Roll of Honour
- South Africa War Graves Project — John Sejohn
- CWGC war dead search
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “John Sejohn”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/sa_attached_john_sejohn/.
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