In Memory Of
SMIT, CHRISTIAAN JACOBUS
Service Details
Age:
18
Date of Birth:
1946-10-21
Service No:
6321863
Rank:
Trooper
Unit 2:
Army
Regiment:
2 Armoured Car Regiment
Date of Death:
1965-09-14
Cause of Death:
Died in Military Vehicle Accident. While busy with field training exercises, the armoured car he was in overturned on a bend about 20 miles from Thaba Nchu on the Dewetsdorp Rd and he was crushed underneath.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
LAMPRECHTS DRIFT CEMETERY, UPINGTON
Localitly:
Northern Cape
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. CJ Smit of Upington.