In Memory Of

KUHN, JOHAN ANDRIES

Service Details
Age:
 32
Date of Birth:
 1942-01-25
Service No:
 W38424W
Rank:
 Sergeant
Regiment:
 South African Police
Date of Death:
 1974-03-08
Date of Death 2:
 1976-01-27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, ambushed by insurgents near Kandahar Island in the Victoria Falls Area, Rhodesia. Shot dead after capture
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 KB 1811 - Memorial stone only - Body not recovered
Cemetery:
 PRETORIA (ZANDFONTEIN) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
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