Identity
Person No.
5767
Service No.
C/320958V
Last Name
First Name
Hendrik Johannes
Initials
H J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
41
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the vicinity of Sinalunga, Italy, while advancing with "A" Coy
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Notes
Son of Dirk and Francina Dirks; husband of Christina Dirks, of Mooiplaas, Piquetberg, Cape Province.
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: reverted Corps->Regiment for Cape Corps. John, citing SA History Online (sahistory.org.za/article/cape-coloured-corps-and-first-world-war), identified Cape Corps as a combat/recruiting identity with numbered battalions beneath it (like King's Royal Rifle Corps or the Machine Gun Corps), not an administrative branch grouping multiple distinct regiments -- unlike e.g. South African Infantry Corps, which genuinely groups different named regiments (Transvaal Scottish, Durban Light Infantry, etc).
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