Identity
Person No.
12670
Service No.
36497V
Last Name
First Name
Johan Christiaan
Initials
J C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Witwatersrand Rifles, formed 1 May 1903. Active Citizen Force regiment through WWI/WWII/Border War (1970-1994 Border War operations). Renamed Bambatha Rifles 2019. Needs further research on Regiment de la Rey naming/merger history.
Notes
Son of Mr. Thinus Fredrik Jacobus Kruger, of Ennis Road, Oukamp, Klerksdorp. Born in Elsburg, Johannesburg and was a farmer before enlistment.
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