Service Details
Name:
 JORDAAN
Given Name:
 JACOBUS PETRUS
Initials:
 J P
Service No:
 202087
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 11th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-02
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Date of Birth:
 1920-11-13
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died of fractured skull and asphyxia, due to drowning through misadventure. He was standing guard at the Alexandra Docks and when the Guard Commander looked for him, he could not be found. A search revealed his body in the water near the dock.
Additional
Information:
Son of Daniel Nicolaas and Huibrecht Cornelia Christina Jordaan. Husband of Mrs. Susanna Philippina Barker (nee DU PREEZ formerly Jordaan now remarried), of 24 Jamestown Avenue, Crosby, Johannesburg
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 O. 144.

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