Service Details
Name:
 LOUW
Given Name:
 JACOBUS ABRAHAM SMUTS (KOSIE)
Initials:
 J A S
Service No:
 77407856BG
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
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Unit:
 1 South African Infantry Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1981-01-26
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Date of Birth:
 1961-04-20
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, instantly when he detonated a booby-trapped Yugoslavian TMA-3 Cheese Mine while returning from a patrol on the Cut-line. The Platoon had set up three separate ambushes and were in the process of regrouping when he detonated mine. The sand was soft and wet at the time and it is thought that when he stepped in the mine, his weight activated the booby-trap anti-lift mechanism that was attached to the mine.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. H. Louw
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 DARLING CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Black granite stone lying flat

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