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Identity
Person No.
41762
Service No.
83068668BW
Last Name
Jacobs 124
First Name
Daniel Jacobus
Initials
D J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1960 (±1 yr) 390
Age at Death
31
Military Service
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
South African Engineer Corps 581
Unit
14 Field Regiment 17
Secondary Unit
attd. South African Medical Corps
Death Record
Date of Death
03 January 1991 90
Cause of Death
Suicide 331
Committed suicide, shot himself in the ablution block at the Eastern Transvaal Command HQ, while standing guard duty there. Member of 14 Engineer Regiment, Nelspruit
Grave Reference
Grave 1515. 1
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Mrs. A Galant, of Heathfield Court, Atlantis. He was divorced. He had a son and a daughter.

Citation

MBE LG Sup 7 February 1919 pg. 1943 - "For valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in East Africa"; MID LG Sup 25 September 1917 pg. 9942

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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