Identity
Person No.
46785
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
J H (japie)
Initials
J H (
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
46
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action at Wagon Point, Battle of Platrand -- part of the small party of Harrismith burghers who stormed the British gun emplacements at the western end of Wagon Point; shot dead just outside the emplacement (per Chisholm, shot by Trooper Albrecht, ILH, whom he himself had shot moments before)
Military Service
Location
Notes
Address: Nieuwejaarsfontein. WMBR id 854
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Regiment/Unit swapped -- "Harrismith 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 ↗
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