Service Details
Name:
 ENGELBRECHT
Given Name:
 JOHANNES CORNELIUS
Initials:
 J C
Service No:
 120463V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
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Unit:
 "D" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-16
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Date of Birth:
 1922-12-18
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Accident, while doing guard duties over art treasures at Castel Montegufoni, he was accidentally killed in a revolver accident
Additional
Information:
Son of Barend Jacobus and Marguerite Elizabeth Engelbrecht, of 51, Third Avenue, Mayfair, Johannesburg. Born in Wynberg, Cape Province. Joined up straight from school. He was unmarried. His mother was a Sister at the Robinson Hospital, Randfontein.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. C. 16.

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