South African Military History Society

South African Police Captain H. Halse


Killed on 12 March 1922 during the Rand Revolt and buried in Port Elizabeth
Photo: Dylan Fourie

Location
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
In South End Cemetery, 1a Victoria Park Drive, Southend, Port Elizabeth
The entrance to the South End Cemetery is in Forest Hill Drive between Allister Miller Drive and Mitchell Street.
Captain Halse is buried in grave 102 in the South End Cemetery, close the South End electrical substation.
Approximately 110 metres from the entrance to the Cemetery, turn right for 60 metres to the Mitchell Street fence. The South End electrical substation is visible on your left.

GPS 33 deg 58 min 29 sec S, 25 deg 37 min 24 sec E

Significance
The South African Police was responsible for containing the violent labour unrest on the East Rand known as the Rand Revolt, also known as the Rand Rebellion or the 1922 Miners' Strike, until Martial Law was declared on 10 March 1922 and the Union Defence Force was deployed to suppress the Revolt.

Captain Halse was one of the two of the policemen killed during the Rand Revolt who are buried in Port Elizabeth.

Captain Halse was Killed in Action in Benoni on 12 March 1922.


Photo: Dylan Fourie

The inscription on his grave is

 
In memory
Of
My Beloved Husband
Capt Harry Halse SAP
Who was Killed in Action
On the Rand
On the 12th March 1922
At the age of 46
"Thy Will Be Done"

References
The Rand Revolt and Constable FJHD van Wyk by Andrew van Wyk
Locating the Victims of the 1922 Rand Revolt

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