Identity
Person No.
46414
Old ROH no.
14302
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Jurie J.
Initials
J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
36
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Notes
Address: "Rietfontein", Senekal. WMBR id 1223
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Regiment/Unit swapped -- "Winburg Commando" (a Commando, the Boer War-era regiment-equivalent) moved to Regiment; "Boer Forces" (the generic force-wide designation) moved to Unit, per John's decision.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Anglo-Boer War Museum
open source ↗
Anglo-Boer War Museum
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
Stories 4
Lourens Pieter A Geldenhuys, aged 68, died 22nd January 1902 and buried in the Kanatta cemetery, Colombo, Ceylon.
Full names were Jacobus Francois Geldenhuijs. He was executed by firing squad on 1902.2.14, one month after renown Kommandant Gideon Jacobus Scheepers was likewise executed Prop Geldenhuys
I believe the initial 'A' stands for Arnoldus.
Further to that already added, Lourens Pieter Arnoldus was born on 10 October 1835 to Johannes Albertus and Judith Margaretha Gildenhuizen (he was their fourth child but first son). Lourens married Sara Johanna Eksteen and they had six children, named Johannes Albertus, Susanna Maria, Michael Casparus, Sara Johanna, Judith Margaretha and Lourens Pieter.
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