In Memory Of
SMIT, KLAAS
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
10277
Rank:
Labourer
Regiment:
South African Labour Corps
Date of Death:
1915-02-22
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
ZONE 1: POST LX.28
Cemetery:
CAPE TOWN LABOUR CORPS MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Western Cape
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Citations:
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
No additional information known at this time