Identity
Person No.
29267
Old ROH no.
23
Service No.
055412481
Last Name
First Name
Jacobus Abraham
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,200
Drowned
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, drowned during a sea training exercise when their light surface craft was hit by a freak wave and capsized in Kalkbay
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,815
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unknown
Notes
Next of kin, A. Gordon, of Bishop Lavis, Epping, Cape
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 15 of 143: gives SN 05541248I (ROH: 055412481, similar-looking last character) — confirmed match otherwise, not overwritten.
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