Service Details
Name:
 SWART
Given Name:
 JURGENS JOHANNES
Initials:
 J J
Service No:
 180738V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-02
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Date of Birth:
 1920-08-30
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when Mk IV tanks and Anti-Tank guns were encountered, after having cleared Torrita and were advancing
Additional
Information:
Son of Jacobus Nicolaas and Kate Evelyn Swart, of Jeffries Bay. Nephew of Cecil and Nellie Swart. Born Jeffries Bay. Joined the SSB straight from school. He was unmarried. He had 4 brothers and 2 sisters. One of his brothers also died in service.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. J. 3.

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