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Identity
Person No.
3845
Service No.
14841
Last Name
First Name
John Leslie
Initials
J L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Unit
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died in Accident, 11 perished in the accident. Whilst clearing mines and transporting them to 3 South African Field Coy. It appears that one of the land mines had not been defused correctly and exploded on the back of the truck detonating the other mines and killing the 9 on the back of the truck plus the driver and passenger in the cab
Grave Reference
Location
Locality
Unknown
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Gert Petrus and Anna Louisa Wilhelmina Cilliers, of P.O. Ottery, Wynberg Flats, Cape Province. Born Philippolis, Orange Free State. A Duco Spray-painter. He was unmarried.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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