Service Details
Name:
 STRYDOM
Given Name:
 GERT JOHANNES
Initials:
 G J
Service No:
 311
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Mounted Brigade
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Unit:
 5th
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Date of Death:
 1915-07-01
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, clash at Otavifontein. This was the last skirmish of significance in the 1914/15 campaign in South West Africa
Additional
Information:
Son of Jan Fredrick and Hester Catharina Strydom. Husband of Martha Maria Hendrina Strydom, of Omecht, Malansport, District Lindley. Born Calitzdorp, Cape Province. A farmer.
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
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Cemetery:
 OTAVIFONTEIN CEMETERY
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