In Memory Of
SCHEEPERS, JOHANNES CHRISTOFFEL
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1896-03-07
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
1st Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1918-07-20
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Meteren
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. A. 15.
Cemetery:
LA KREULE MILITARY CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK
Localitly:
Nord
Country:
France
Additional Information
Decorations:
M C, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
MC LG Sup 18 June 1917 pg. 6007 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. At the completion of a raid on the enemy trenches, he assisted another officer to bring in a wounded man. After carrying him for some distance they were compelled to seek cover from machine gun fire, finally getting the man in under cover of darkness." MID LG Sup 31 December 1918 pg. 15232
Son of Jacobus Johannes Scheepers and Margaretha Jacoba (nee Roos) Scheepers, of Cape Town. Born in Burghersdorp, South Africa on 7 March 1896
