Identity
Person No.
26668
Service No.
180915V
Last Name
First Name
Benjamin Lambertus
Initials
B L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received a shrapnel wound in his back on 20 October in the vicinity of Colonia and was admitted to hospital. He failed to respond to treatment and was placed on the Dangerous Injury list on 31 October. He died on the 15 November
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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 Cornelius A. and Maria E. van der Poel, of Witbank, Transvaal, South Africa.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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South Africa Government Gazette (gazettes.africa)
open source ↗
Government Gazette No. 3481, 4 May 1945, p.141 — gesneuwel (killed in action) — Afrikaans-language notice
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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