His story
Jacob de Villiers was a carpenter whose father G. D. de Villiers lived at Lichtenburg. He served as a dresser in the South African Veterinary Corps, no. 469.
His casualty sheet records his death on 13 January 1916 from blackwater fever or malaria. His precise place of death is unknown. He is buried at Kajiado Cemetery.
Before the war
- Nationality
- South African service
- Occupation
- Carpenter
- Family
- Father: G. D. de Villiers, Lichtenburg
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Dresser
- Service number
- 469
- Corps or service
- South African Veterinary Corps
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 13 January 1916
- Recorded cause
- Blackwater fever / malaria
- Cemetery or memorial
- KAJIADO CEMETERY
- Grave reference
- II. A. 4.
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- CWGC-DERIVED CASUALTY DETAILS
- South Africa War Graves Project
- Original record image
- Original record image
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Jacob De Villiers”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/sa_j_de_villiers/.
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