Identity
Person No.
2877
Service No.
C/273620
Last Name
First Name
Jacob
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DISCH 606
Died after discharge
Military Service
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Notes
Son of Abraham and Sannie Bruiners, of Kendrew. Service in East Africa and the Middle East. He was discharged on 27 May 1944 as result of re-organization.
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: reverted Corps->Regiment for Cape Corps. John, citing SA History Online (sahistory.org.za/article/cape-coloured-corps-and-first-world-war), identified Cape Corps as a combat/recruiting identity with numbered battalions beneath it (like King's Royal Rifle Corps or the Machine Gun Corps), not an administrative branch grouping multiple distinct regiments -- unlike e.g. South African Infantry Corps, which genuinely groups different named regiments (Transvaal Scottish, Durban Light Infantry, etc).
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