Service Details
Name:
 KOTZE
Given Name:
 JACOBUS COETZEE
Initials:
 J C
Service No:
 19533
Rank:
 Constable
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Regiment:
 South African Police
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Unit:
 Grootfontein, SWA
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Date of Death:
 1941-11-20
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, after being lowered into a well to recover the body of a native. The existence of carbon dioxide gas in the well was later discovered as being the cause of death of the native as well as Const. Kotze.
Additional
Information:
ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
Commemoration
Country:
 Namibia
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Cemetery:
 SWAKOPMUND MUNICIPAL CEMETERY
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