Identity
Person No.
3178
Service No.
644
Last Name
First Name
John Hendrik
Initials
J H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
44
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DISCH 606
Died after discharge
Cause of Death
Died of liver abscess, after discharge, medically boarded in August 1941 and returned to the Union. He died in November 1941 at the SA Military Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed
Natal Carbineers
(1961)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
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Locality
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt)
Status
Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed.
Notes
Husband of Jacoba Petronella Buys (born Flies), of Egerton, Ladysmith. They had 4 children. Born in Ladysmith. A shunter for the SA Railways.
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