Identity
Person No.
48310
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Matthys Jacobus
Initials
M J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
52
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,365
Died as prisoner of war
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Knollcombes, near Longwood, St Helena
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Grave 84, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age 51 vs ROH 52.
Notes
WMBR id 275. POW number 3628
Research notes
Cemetery/Locality set 22 Aug 2026: all Boer POWs who died on St Helena (1900-1902) were buried at the purpose-built Baptist cemetery at Knollcombes, Longwood (sainthelenaisland.info; St Helena National Trust Education Pack 4.3). Individual grave number not set — the two 1913/1902 monument obelisks index names to grave numbers but no digitised list could be found (checked WMBR, Find a Grave cemetery 2381789, graves-at-eggsa.org). | eGGSA Knollcombes monument transcription 22 Aug 2026 (grave 84): monument age 51 vs ROH 52.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Anglo-Boer War Museum
Anglo-Boer War Museum
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Saint Helena Island Info
Identifies Knollcombes (Baptist cemetery, Longwood) as the burial site for all Boer POWs who died on St Helena.
- South African War Graves Project
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eGGSA Graves - Worldwide
eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena, Burgher Concentration Camp Cemetery, panel 5 (grave 84). Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar.
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