Service Details
Name:
 VAN THAL
Given Name:
 JACOB
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 766
Rank:
 Company Quartermaster Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-09-12
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Age:
 41
Cause of Death:
 Committed suicide, strychnine poisoning, at Johannesburg
Citations:
 ***Rejected, died after discharge from non-military related cause
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. L. van Thal, of Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale, London. Husband of Edie van Thal, of 89 Conway Road, Southgate, London. Born Islington, London. A postman. ***Jewish
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (BRAAMFONTEIN) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Jewish. 1866.

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