Identity
Person No.
30804
Old ROH no.
1751
Service No.
78329216BG
Last Name
First Name
Hendrik Johannes Jacobus
Initials
H J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident, at Chetto Base in Sector 20, crept up on guard and got shot
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
Corps
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Engineers (Construction)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Per John, 4 Sep 2026: 1 Construction Regiment is a Permanent Force (Regular) unit -- no Wikipedia source found for this one; confirmed directly.
Notes
Son of Mr. H. J. J. Jacobs, of Schweizer Reneke
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "1 Construction Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- 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), pages 125-128 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
82606 Pte. E J Beytell, died 31st December 1941, killed in action at Bardia. Buried in the Halfaya-Sollum cemetery.
Dedications
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