Service Details
Name:
 SMIT
Given Name:
 KLAAS
Initials:
 K
Service No:
 10277
Rank:
 Labourer
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Regiment:
 South African Labour Corps
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Date of Death:
 1915-02-22
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Cause of Death:
 Hanged by Germans, he was one of three natives captured on 22 February 1915 by the Germans. All three were subsequently hanged. This happened in Namibia
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Additional
Information:
No additional information known at this time
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN LABOUR CORPS MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 ZONE 1: POST LX.28

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