Identity
Person No.
10861
Service No.
575
Last Name
First Name
Gerard Johannes Jacobus
Initials
G J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
39
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died of general paralysis manaemic, at Mental Hospital Pietermaritzburg
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Unknown
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Field Artillery
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
The South African Permanent Force, created 1913, included the South African Field Artillery (SAFA) and South African Permanent Garrison Artillery (SAPGA) from the outset -- unlike most infantry regiments of the same era (which were Active Citizen Force), artillery began as a Regular/Permanent Force arm. Artillery Formation HQ reorganised April 1999 to include both regular regiments (4 Arty Regt, etc.) and reserve regiments.
Notes
Son of Gert Jacobus Jacobs and Helena Jacobs, of 104, Roger St., Cape Town; husband of Christina Jacobs. Born at Durbanville, Cape Province.
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