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Identity
Person No.
35296
Service No.
W38424W
Last Name
Kuhn 6
First Name
Johan Andries
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1950 (±1 yr) 231
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
South African Police 4,489
Unit
Booysens CID 18
Secondary Unit
Police
Death Record
Date of Death
08 March 1974 86
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, ambushed by insurgents near Kandahar Island in the Victoria Falls Area, Rhodesia. Shot dead after capture
Grave Reference
Body not recovered 1
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Gauteng 9,426
Cemetery
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE MEMORIAL, PRETORIA (UNION BUILDINGS) 3,114
Additional Information
Notes

Interrogation of a Zipra prisoner revealed that he had been shot on the Rhodesian side of the river and his body had been stuffed into an aardvark hole and had never been found. ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994

Citation

LG Sup 22 August 1918 as 133 Battery Sergeant Major 12th Citizen Battery

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #35296