Service Details
Name:
 WILKENS
Given Name:
 CORNELIS
Initials:
 C
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 Sutherland Commando
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Calvinia-Kenhardt Commando
Date of Death:
 1915-01-16
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Date of Birth:
 1883-02-14
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Zandfontein
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"
Additional
Information:
Son of Jan and Anna Wilkens. Brother of Wiles Wilkens, of Rietfontein 265, Klerksdorp. Born Potchefstroom. A farmer
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 GOODHOUSE CEMETERY
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