Identity
Person No.
21784
Service No.
36140
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Hendrik Nicolas
Initials
J H N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, head wounds received during an attack by 30 enemy dive bombers on the Regiments "A" Coy positions, near El Alamein
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed
Natal Carbineers
(1961)
Unit
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
III. H. 4.
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 Mr. Johannes Hendrik Nicholas Roodman, of Lagersdrift, Northern Transvaal. Born near Brits. Employed South African Railways & Harbours, at Sprinboklaagte.
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