Identity
Person No.
2569
Service No.
328
Last Name
First Name
Hermanus Johannes
Initials
H J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, explosion of concealed mine during advance up Swakop River
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unknown
Coordinates
Operation
Operation
Dates
1914-09 to 1915-07-09
About
Union Defence Force campaign under General Louis Botha that conquered German South-West Africa (today Namibia), ending with the German surrender at Khorab / Otaviefontein area in July 1915. Whittall served with the R.N. Armoured Car Division attached to Union forces.
Notes
Next of kin, A. C. Breytenbach, of Leeuwpan, Wonderfontein, Middelburg, Transvaal
Whittall, With Botha and Smuts in Africa, records three Middelburg Commando scouts killed by a German observation mine during the Swakop valley advance — matching this ROH CauseDeath (concealed mine, 30 Apr 1915).
Research notes
Whittall, W. With Botha and Smuts in Africa. Cassell, 1917; Just Done Productions / Lulu reprint, 2009 (ISBN 978-1-920315-47-4).
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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Whittall — With Botha and Smuts in Africa
open source ↗
Middelburg Commando — Swakop mine, 30 Apr 1915
Stories 1
Hermanus Johannes Breytenbach, Middelburg Commando, was killed when a German observation mine exploded during the Union advance up the Swakop River in German South-West Africa (30 April 1915).
W. Whittall (With Botha and Smuts in Africa) describes this as one of the few successful German mine operations of the campaign, killing three scouts of the Middelburg Commando.
W. Whittall (With Botha and Smuts in Africa) describes this as one of the few successful German mine operations of the campaign, killing three scouts of the Middelburg Commando.
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