Identity
Person No.
35277
Service No.
0428863-7
Last Name
First Name
Dawid Johannes G
Initials
D J G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Sgt. David Johannes Kruger was in a training session at the South African Police training establishment, located in Verdrag near Thabazimbi when the accident occurred. The group of seven instructors was in an office busy preparing for a lecture on hand grenades and was looking at a Yugoslavian grenade. One of the Instructors accidentally activated the grenade without knowing it. Sgt. David Kruger took the hand grenade from the instructor to disperse off it, but due to circumstances, space and time Sgt. David Kruger decided go into a corner, use his own body as cover against the blast and was killed instantly, saving the lives of Const CF Kotze (Soweto), Sgt. Bosch (Port Elizabeth), L/Sgt. E Mcauly (Newcastle), L/Sgt. DJ Schutte (Newcastle) and several other police officers around the office at the time of the blast. - See more at: http://www.southafricanpoliceofficersmemorial.com/sgtdavidkruger.html#sthash.vYXQj9wk.dpuf
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
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
Unknown
South African War Graves Project