Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 JACOB JOHANNES
Initials:
 J J
Service No:
 337240V
Rank:
 Air Mechanic
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Date of Death:
 1944-04-17
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Age:
 42
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, sustained when he was brutally assaulted by persons unknown, in Cape Town
Additional
Information:
Son of Jan H. and Johanna J. Smith; husband of Rachel M. Smith, of Stellenbosch.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 STELLENBOSCH DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH CEMETERY
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