Identity
Person No.
1973
Service No.
241806V
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Jacobus
Initials
J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,732
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, wounded in action when "C" Coy and elements of PAG, moved up to the area north of Montallese, where they encountered stiff opposition
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt)
Status
Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed.
Notes
Son of Jacobus Johannes and Susannah Jacoba Blom, 13, Nelson Road, Observatory, Cape Town. Born Plumstead, Cape Town. He was unmarried.
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