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Identity
Person No.
41578
Service No.
P/46100
Last Name
Brits 18
First Name
Gert Christoffel Petrus
Initials
G C P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1929 (±1 yr) 83
Age at Death
33
Military Service
Rank
Constable
Regiment
Union Defence Forces 24
Unit
AFB Waterkloof 27
Secondary Unit
attd. South African Medical Corps
Death Record
Date of Death
28 September 1962 91
Cause of Death
Suicide 331
Committed suicide, bullet wound to the head, at Pretoria
Grave Reference
Reportedly buried in Thaba Tshwane (Old No.1) Cemetery 6
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

Of 31 Broodryk Street, Pretoria North. Reportedly buried in Thaba Tshwane (Old No.1) Cemetery

Citation

***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #41578

Source: https://rohsa.co.za/person.php?PersonNumber=41578&pdf=1

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