Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 JAMES JOHN
Initials:
 J J
Service No:
 213993
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 South African Tank Corps
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Unit:
 7th Reconnaissance Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-02-27
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Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Died as a POW, during an allied air attack on Germany
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles and Sarah Smith, of Springs. Husband of Hester Aderjana Johanna Smith, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Bloemfontein. A crane driver
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Berlin, Berlin
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Cemetery:
 BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Spec. Memorial. 2. H. 3.

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