Identity
Person No.
23395
Service No.
35103
Last Name
First Name
Jan Hendrik
Initials
J H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,204
Drowned
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
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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 Mr. J. C. Smit, of 78 Voortrekker Street, Daspoort, Pretoria. Born in Pretoria. A general labourer. He was unmarried.
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