Identity
Person No.
18502
Service No.
118308V
Last Name
First Name
Daniel Johannes
Initials
D J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received when his SP gun was hit by enemy shellfire near Villa Lecchia, Italy
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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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 Daniel Jacobus and Aletta Johanna Nel, of Beaufort Street, Goodwood, Cape Town, South Africa. Born at Tokai, near Constantia
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