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Captain DANIEL JACOBUS JACOBS

Service Number: 203018
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Air Force

21 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1942

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GILGIL WAR CEMETERY

E. 6.

Kenya

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  • Country of Service South African
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Jacobus J. Jacobs and Anna M. Jacobs.
  • Personal Inscription 'N HELD VAN VOLK EN LAND. MOTHER EARTH'S GREATEST TREASURE - A SOLDIER'S DUST
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Buried or commemorated at

GILGIL WAR CEMETERY
Kenya
Number of casualties: 256
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