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Identity
Person No.
16119
Service No.
1709
Last Name
First Name
Jacob Herman
Initials
J H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DISCH 606
Died after discharge
Cause of Death
Died of syncope, after discharge, at Somerset Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Notes

Son of Jacob McLachlan, of Hout Bay

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "Cape Corps" (a branch/Corps, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, matching the same organisation already correctly classified there elsewhere on the ROH.
4 Sep 2026: reverted Corps->Regiment for Cape Corps. John, citing SA History Online (sahistory.org.za/article/cape-coloured-corps-and-first-world-war), identified Cape Corps as a combat/recruiting identity with numbered battalions beneath it (like King's Royal Rifle Corps or the Machine Gun Corps), not an administrative branch grouping multiple distinct regiments -- unlike e.g. South African Infantry Corps, which genuinely groups different named regiments (Transvaal Scottish, Durban Light Infantry, etc).

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***Submitted for War Grave Status to CWGC, awaiting acceptance

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