South African Military History Society

Saint John the Evangelist Church, Bathurst


Photo: Nick Cowley

Location
Bathurst, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Donkin Terrace

GPS: 33 deg 30 min 7 sec S, 26 deg 49 min 11 sec E

Some of the Memorial plaques in the Church


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 IN LOVING MEMORY OF 
TROOPER W. A. RANDALL,
 C. TROOP 1ST. C.M.Y. WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION 
AT KALABANI BRITISH BASUTOLAND, 
19TH OCTOBER 1880, 
AGED 20 YEARS & 10 MONTHS
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES AND FRIENDS


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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF
LESLIE MORLEY MANDY AND HUBERT DOUGLAS OPENSHAW, 
WHO FELL IN DELVILLE WOOD JULY 1916
ALSO OF
ARTHUR SAMUEL DIXON, KILLED IN ACTION, CENTRAL AFRICA, JAN. 17. 1917
AND
BERTRAM ELWIN DIXON, DIED OF WOUNDS, CENTRAL AFRICA, JAN. 26. 1917
THEIR NAME SHALL REMAIN FOR EVER AND THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
 


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 TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LIEUT REX MONTGOMERY HILLIGAN
SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 28TH MARCH 1943
AT EL HAMMA, TUNISIA
AGE 22 YEARS
HE TOO LOVED LIFE BUT LOVING DARED NOT
SAVE HIMSELF
LEST THOSE HE LOVED SHOULD PAY THE PRICE
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS 


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IN THANKSGIVING TO GOD
FOR THE HAPPY CHILDHOOD 
OF OUR SON IN BATHURST
LIEUT AMBROSE
THEODORE WENTWORTH AUSTIN
60TH RIFLES ATTD PARACHUTE REGT
KILLED IN FRANCE D-DAY 1944
AGED 20

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