Identity
Person No.
37066
Service No.
W420955R
Last Name
First Name
Gerhardus Cornelius
Initials
G C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
Constable
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
Police
Defence Force
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Killed by exploding hand grenade while attempting to arrest an insurgent in Mpumalanga Township near Pietermaritzburg
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
In the gardens of the Union Buildings, on the eastern flank of the grounds, Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Gerhardus Cornelius and Anna Magrietha Oosthuizen. Posthumously awarded the South African Police Silver Cross for Gallantry. ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
Citations
Unknown
External References
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South African Police Memorial
South African Police Memorial, Union Buildings, Pretoria (1984).
- South African War Graves Project
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