Identity
Person No.
41133
Service No.
77279297
Last Name
First Name
Jouwert Hessel
Initials
J H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,627
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, received in private vehicle accident, near Vredefort, OFS, while traveling home on a weekend pass. Suffered severe brain trauma and died 3 months later at the HF Verwoerd Hospital, Pretoria
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
School of Infantry 53
Later renamed
Infantry School
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking 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
Son of Mr. J. Dijkstra, of Pretoria.
Citations
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
External References
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