Dawson, John Frederick Thomas

Identity

Person No.

5190

Service No.

15088

Last Name

Dawson 25

First Name

John Frederick Thomas

Initials

J F T

Date of Birth

Unknown

Est. Birth Year

1900 (±1 yr) 315

Age at Death

42

Military Service

Rank

Corporal

Regiment

South African Tank Corps 172

Unit

4th Armoured Car Regt. 35

Death Record

Date of Death

11 April 1942 149

Cause of Death

Died of accidental drinking 1

Died of accidental drinking, a bottle of methyl salicylate liniment from a bottle mistaken during nighttime by him for an adjacently placed bottle containing water

Grave Reference

2. D. 28. 1

Location

Country

Libya 785

Locality

Unknown

Cemetery

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY 175

Coordinates

32.02469, 23.96469

Additional Information

Notes

Son of William P. and Lea Dawson; husband of Isabella M. Dawson, of George, Cape Province, South Africa.

Citation

Unknown

External Source

Unknown

South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #5190

Dawson, John Frederick Thomas (J F T)