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Identity
Person No.
2683
Service No.
1894
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Jacob
Initials
J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died of shock, during air raid
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of Johannes Jacob and Aletta Bronkhorst, of Krugersdorp. Husband of Kathleen Mary Cheralline Bronkhorst, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Vereeniging

Research notes


K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct"): BRONKHORST, Johannes Jacob (Son of Johannes & Aletta Bronkhorst, of Krugersdorp; husband of Kathleen Mary Cheralline (born Holmes) Bronkhorst, of Ocean Wave Hotel, Durban; they had 2 young children.) 1894 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Vereeniging, Transvaal 1910; a musician before enlistment; married Durban 5/5/1934; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; died of wounds / shock, during air raid on El Adem, 22 kms south of Tobruk, Libya. Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 13/04/1942 G1BF-3JP 32

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