Identity
Person No.
38247
Service No.
447371-0
Last Name
First Name
Jacobus P J
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Military Service
Rank
Inspector
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Secondary Unit
South African Police Service
Defence Force
SAPS 1,739
South African Police Service
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
Unit History
Notes
ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
Research notes
7 Sep 2026: CauseDeath was a forward-fill copy from PN 38245 (Wessels, Jacobus P J (J P J)), an unrelated record -- cleared as contamination (CauseDeath-contamination scan, data/causedeath-contamination-scan-2026-09-07.md, batch 2), not a real cause.
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
Other web source
open source ↗
SAPS Roll of Honour
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South African Police Memorial
open source ↗
South African Police Memorial, Union Buildings, Pretoria (1984).
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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