Identity
Person No.
29973
Service No.
61231676
Last Name
First Name
Joseph Jacobus
Initials
J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
39
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
NAT 765
Natural causes
Cause of Death
Died of a heart attack at Saldanha, while on duty
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Notes
Husband of Mrs. L. D. de Jager, of Saldanha
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Catering Corps" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
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