In Memory Of
WILKENS, CORNELIS
Service Details
Age:
31
Date of Birth:
1883-02-14
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
Sutherland Commando
Regiment:
Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly Calvinia-Kenhardt Commando
Date of Death:
1915-01-16
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Zandfontein
Commemoration
Cemetery:
GOODHOUSE CEMETERY
Localitly:
Northern Cape
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Son of Jan and Anna Wilkens. Brother of Wiles Wilkens, of Rietfontein 265, Klerksdorp. Born Potchefstroom. A farmer
