In Memory Of
ENGELBRECHT, JOHANNES CORNELIUS
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1922-12-18
Service No:
120463V
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
"D" Coy.
Regiment:
Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
Date of Death:
1944-09-16
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. C. 16.
Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
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.
