Service Details
Name:
 JANS
Given Name:
 JOHANNES WILHELMUS LEENDERT
Initials:
 J W L
Service No:
 73442816BT
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 Johannesburg Regiment
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Unit:
 72 Motorised Brigade
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Date of Death:
 1979-06-10
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Date of Birth:
 1957-05-10
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in contact with the enemy. Attacking base Southern Angola, killed by small arms fire during the subsequent firefight which followed the initial sustained mortar assault
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. C. Jans, of Hutten Heights, Newcastle, Natal.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 07 - Cremated at Braamfontein

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