Identity
Person No.
30357
Service No.
P/11025
Last Name
First Name
Daniel Jacobus
Initials
D J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
17
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
NAT 756
Natural causes
Cause of Death
Died of heart failure caused by rheumatic fever, at 1 Military Hospital
Military Service
Location
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Armour
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Formed 1 May 1933 as a youth-employment/training scheme under Minister of Defence Oswald Pirow (not a combat regiment in this period); became an infantry battalion 1941, then an armoured car commando 1942 and part of 11th SA Armoured Brigade (1943), serving with 6th SA Armoured Division in the Middle East and Italy 1943-45. "Resuscitated as a Permanent Force unit" in 1946 -- unlike most of this batch, the SSB is a Regular/Permanent Force unit, not Citizen Force. 2nd Bn became 1 SA Infantry Battalion 1951-53; 1st Bn became a training regiment.
Notes
Son of Mrs. C. D. Fourie, of Johannesburg.
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