Identity
Person No.
41151
Service No.
78551090
Last Name
First Name
Jan Petrus
Initials
J P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SUIC 387
Suicide
Cause of Death
Committed suicide, at Sunnyside, Pretoria, gunshot wound to the head. He was AWOL at the time
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
School of Infantry 53
Later renamed
Infantry School
Defence Force
SADF 3,839
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. D. van Niekerk, of Ventersdorp.
Citations
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
External References
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