In Memory Of
KOTZE, JACOBUS COETZEE
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
19533
Rank:
Constable
Unit:
Grootfontein, SWA
Regiment:
South African Police
Date of Death:
1941-11-20
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.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
SWAKOPMUND MUNICIPAL CEMETERY
Country:
Namibia
Additional Information
ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
