Kuhn, Johan Andries

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

Kuhn, Johan Andries (J A)