Identity
Person No.
40077
Service No.
724447
Last Name
First Name
Jan Andries
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Military Service
Rank
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
1 Commando
Defence Force
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,311
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in a contact, gunshot wound while trying to clear a double storey house at Mapai, during Operation Long John
Location
Country
Locality
Notes
ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Research notes
First record of a sequential SAWGP citation smear; following PersonNumbers cleared. Award not independently name-matched.
Citations
Medal awarded 17 December 1976
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