Johannes Theodores
Brits
Born in Paarl
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 19
in Bloemfontein
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 | South African Air Force, Border War
8th Squadron. |
Second Lieutenant Johannes Theodores Brits Died in Service during South African Border War 26 August 1966-15 January 1990.
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Biography
Johannes Theodores Brits is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa
Birth
- Name: Johannes Theodores Brits [1] [2]
- Event Date: 6 April 1944 [1] [2] [3]
- Event Place:
- Father's Name: Albertus Johannes Brits [3]
- Mother's Name: Hester Catharina Ferreira [3]
Baptism
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Membership
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Military Info
- Force number: PX50501 [2]
- Rank: Second Lieutenant [2]
- Surname: Brits [2]
- Names: J. T. [2]
- Regiment: South African Air Force [2]
- Unit: 8th Squadron [2]
- Additional info: Son of Major A. J. Brits, of Pretoria. ref. 85 years of SAAF
- Cemetery: South Africa, Gauteng, Thaba Tshwane (new) military cemetery [2]
Death
- Event Date: 13 January 1964 [1] [2] [3]
- Age: 19 years [2]
- Cause of death: Died in Aircraft Accident, AT-6 Harvard #7049, struck ground in steep dive, while undergoing a test flight after a service, 13 miles NE of Bloemspruit, on the farm Elim. [2]
Grave
- Event Place: South Africa, Gauteng, Thaba Tshwane, new military cemetery [1]
- Grave ref: 424
- Johannes[3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 eGGSA Grave of Johannes Theodores Brits Gravestones in South Africa: Seen and entered Jan 2024 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 South African War Graves Project Grave of J. T. Brits Seen and entered Jan 2024, by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Source: Ferreira Families Janet Melville & Emmarentia S Ferreira; Des 2015. ISBN 0-86988-727-0. p 418 Bygevoeg deur André Ferreira 17 Jul 2021
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