Identity
Person No.
1949
Service No.
226248V
Last Name
First Name
Jan Hendrik
Initials
J H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, when his tank (he was the driver) was hit by rounds fired by a Tiger Tank, in the vicinity of Cetona, Italy
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Armour
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Pretoria Regiment, formed 1 July 1913 as an Active Citizen Force infantry battalion. Converted to armour 1943 (Italian Campaign, RAC depots in Egypt). Renamed Pretoria Armour Regiment 2019; one of 52 Reserve Force units renamed that year.
Notes
Son of Hendrik Petrus and Caroline Aletta Maria Blignaut, of 257 Jameson Park, Nigel, Transvaal. Born Pretoria. A scholar. He was unmarried.
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