Identity
Person No.
26615
Service No.
282978V
Last Name
First Name
Carel Jacobus Stephanus
Initials
C J S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received in action on 3 January 1945 in the vicinity of Casa Colonia, Italy. He received a gun shot wound to his right thigh and abdomen and was evacuated to hospital
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
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 Carel Jacobus Stephanus and Maria Elizabeth van der Merwe, of the farm Rietfontein, Enselspruit, District Potchefstroom. Born in Potchefstroom. An apprentice electrician before enlistment.
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Dedications 1
AAN 'N FAMILIELID WAT EK NOOIT KON KEN NIE. BAIE DANKIE