Du Plessis, Hermanus Cornelius Johannes

Identity

Person No.

34533

Service No.

0609035-4

Last Name

Du Plessis 108

First Name

Hermanus Cornelius Johannes

Initials

H P

Date of Birth

Unknown

Est. Birth Year

1968 (±1 yr) 295

Age at Death

27

Military Service

Rank

Warrant Officer

Regiment

South African Police 3,727

Unit

South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 229

Secondary Unit

Police

Death Record

Date of Death

03 July 1995 137

Cause of Death

Killed in action 9,876

Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents, in Northern Owamboland

Grave Reference

Alternative Commemoration until grave found 3,110

Location

Country

South Africa 18,398

Locality

Gauteng 9,441

Cemetery

SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE MEMORIAL, PRETORIA (UNION BUILDINGS) 3,114

Additional Information

Notes

Reg. # may be 0409035-4. ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994

Citation

LG Sup 22 August 1918 as 133 Battery Sergeant Major 12th Citizen Battery

External Source

South African Police Memorial, Union Buildings, Pretoria (1984). https://artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes_mob.php?bldgid=14414 (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)

South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #34533

Du Plessis, Hermanus Cornelius Johannes (H P)