Service Details
Name:
 GERBER
Given Name:
 JACOBUS JOHANNES
Initials:
 J J
Service No:
 213253V
Rank:
 Staff Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Pay Corps
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Date of Death:
 1943-09-20
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Date of Birth:
 1908-07-05
Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Drowned, when he failed to take a corner and drove his car into the Pretoria Power Station dam
Additional
Information:
Husband of Elizabeth Johanna Gerber, of 350 Johan St, Arcadia, Pretoria. Born Griquatown, Cape Province. He had 4 children.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 47.

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