Service Details
Name:
 SCHORN
Given Name:
 JACOB PETER
Initials:
 J P
Service No:
 2497
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 2nd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-03-09
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, received in fall out of the bedroom window, at the Victoria Hotel, Cairo when he landed on the pavement below
Additional
Information:
Son of Corporal Jacob Peter Schorn, "A" Coy. 6th P.O.W. Battalion, Zonderwater, Transvaal and Maria Petronella Schorn, of Durban. Born Pietermaritzburg. A clerk for South African Railways and Harbours
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 1. C. 25.

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