Service Details
Name:
 HOFMEYR
Given Name:
 NICHOLAS JACOBUS
Initials:
 N J
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Medical Corps
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Unit:
 1st Mounted Bde. Field Amb.
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Date of Death:
 1916-06-25
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Date of Birth:
 1884-12-14
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Died of appendicitis
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG 8 February 1917 pg. 1356
Additional
Information:
Son of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr and Fanny Margaret Hofmeyr. Husband of Bessie Jane Hofmeyr (nee Wild), of Milner Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. Born Cape Town, South Africa. His two brothers also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 7. G. 16.

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