Identity
Person No.
2250
Service No.
590555V
Last Name
First Name
Jacobus Petrus
Initials
J P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,732
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received while his patrol was ambushed near Serra, Italy on the 28th January. He could not be reached by the patrol and could not walk. The enemy was seen to move him to a nearby house. It was later ascertained that he had died the next day
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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Coordinates
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 Karel Jacobus and Susanna Elizabeth Botha. Brother-in-Law of Mr. W. J.de Klerk, of Van Riebeeck Street, Hercules, Pretoria. Born Pretoria
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