Identity
Person No.
23695
Service No.
531
Last Name
First Name
Jacobus Wilhelmus Rudolph
Initials
J W R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,311
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in an operation in the vicinity of El Alamein. The Regiment had been tasked to lift an enemy minefield to create a gap for 69 Bde and an Armoured Bde to pass through. Casualties were inflicted by severe MG fire and artillery bombardment
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Locality
Unknown
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Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mr. Coenraad Frederick Wilhelmus Johannes and Jacoba Petronella Snyman, of Boom Street, Pietermaritzburg. Born in Estcourt, Natal. A clerk.
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