Identity
Person No.
31411
Service No.
77407856BG
Last Name
First Name
Jacobus Abraham Smuts (kosie)
Initials
J A S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, instantly when he detonated a booby-trapped Yugoslavian TMA-3 Cheese Mine while returning from a patrol on the Cut-line. The Platoon had set up three separate ambushes and were in the process of regrouping when he detonated mine. The sand was soft and wet at the time and it is thought that when he stepped in the mine, his weight activated the booby-trap anti-lift mechanism that was attached to the mine
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Mr. J. H. Louw
Citation
LG Sup 20 April 1945 pg. 2103
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project