Identity
Person No.
35326
Service No.
W409678R
Last Name
First Name
Gysbert Jacobus
Initials
G J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed by hand grenade thrown into vehicle in KTC squatter camp, Cape Town
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Jan Gabriel Labuschagne and Gladys Shirley Dewing. Matriculated at Indwe High School. Posthumously awarded the South African Police Star For Merit. His step brother D R Dewing also died in service. 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