Service Details
Name:
 BESTER
Given Name:
 JACOBUS MARTHINUS GARRETT
Initials:
 J M G
Service No:
 21940
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Bde.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly South African Police
Date of Death:
 1918-10-22
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Date of Birth:
 1898-07-27
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died of pneumonia and influenza
Additional
Information:
Son of Jacobus Marthinus and Elizabeth Maria Johanna Bester, of Park Street, Victoria West, Cape Province
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 North West Province
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Cemetery:
 POTCHEFSTROOM MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 D.R. 24.

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