Identity
Person No.
6104
Service No.
41523V
Last Name
First Name
Stephanus Jacobus
Initials
S J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
39
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received during the attack on Mount Stanco, Italy
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Witwatersrand Rifles, formed 1 May 1903. Active Citizen Force regiment through WWI/WWII/Border War (1970-1994 Border War operations). Renamed Bambatha Rifles 2019. Needs further research on Regiment de la Rey naming/merger history.
Notes
Father of Miss Renee du Plessis, of 3rd Avenue, Rietfontein, Pretoria. He was a widower with 4 children. A caretaker at the GPO by profession
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