Identity
Person No.
13896
Service No.
19146
Last Name
First Name
Matthys Johannes
Initials
M J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
46
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died of intestinal obstruction, at No 27 General Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Cape Town Highlanders 73
Later renamed
First City/Cape Town Highlanders
(1943)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Part of
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
Notes
Son of Barend Johannes Lourens. Husband of Anna Jacoba Lourens, of 13A Ryan Street, Parow, Cape Province. Born in Ladysmith. A motor driver. Had 3 children.
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