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Identity
Person No.
2334
Service No.
138027V
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Hermanus
Initials
J H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,732
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, shrapnel wounds to his right hip and thigh. He was placed on the Dangerous Injury list on the 21 October. He was wounded by shelling in the vicinity of Fosso, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
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

Husband of Johanna Martina Jeanette Bouwer, of Warrenton.

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