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Identity
Person No.
37222
Service No.
0415751-6
Last Name
Pretorius 78
First Name
Stephanus Christiaan Francois
Initials
W J B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1970 (±1 yr) 209
Age at Death
26
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
South African Police 4,489
Unit
25 Dist (Bloemfontein) OFS Div 58
Secondary Unit
Police
Death Record
Date of Death
24 August 1996 92
Cause of Death
Killed in shoot out with insurgents in Soweto 6
Killed in shoot out with insurgents in Soweto, Johannesburg
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 3,110
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Gauteng 9,426
Cemetery
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE MEMORIAL, PRETORIA (UNION BUILDINGS) 3,114
Additional Information
Notes

Reg. # may be 415741-6. 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

southafricawargraves.org — record #37222