Service Details
Name:
 KUHN
Given Name:
 JOHAN ANDRIES
Initials:
 J A
Service No:
 W38424W
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Police
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Date of Death:
 1974-03-08
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Date of Death 2:
 1976-01-27
Date of Birth:
 1942-01-25
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, ambushed by insurgents near Kandahar Island in the Victoria Falls Area, Rhodesia. Shot dead after capture
Additional
Information:
Husband of Matha Louwisa Kuhn. Interrogation of a Zipra prisoner revealed that he had been shot on the Rhodesian side of the river and his body had been stuffed into an aardvark hole and had never been found. He was declared dead on 27 January 1976. ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 PRETORIA (ZANDFONTEIN) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 KB 1811 - Memorial stone only - Body not recovered

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