Identity
Person No.
32808
Old ROH no.
1257
Service No.
79500765BG
Last Name
First Name
Johan Wilhelm Christiaan
Initials
J W C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,815
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. C. Scheepers
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 123-124 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
Sktr JWC Scheepers was in our Platoon (PL 3. F Coy, 5 SAI Bn). Intake 07071982. He died whilst running our very first 2,4 km race. He was a short distance ahead of me, when he collapsed and fell to the ground. Our 2IB Lt Smit was riding a "dikwiel" bike, up and down the line of us troops, running this 2,4. He was 1st on the scene, and waved us on, instructed us to continue as medics were on the scene. Johan( if I remember correct, had signs of cyanosis as I passed the scene. We were later told that he had, a congenital heart disease, that went undetected. He was apparently a very fit individual, even had provincial colours for sport at school.
Dedications
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