KILLED BY SHOCK OF FRIEND’S DEATH
TRAGEDY OF LIFE LONG COMPANIONS JOHANNESBURG (By Mail). Two men, boyhood friends and. inseparable companions, died within a few minutes of each other at Krugersdorp. One, a former police constable, collapsed and died on hearing of the death of the other, a serving constable. Constable J. P. Grobler died at Krugersdorp Hospital following a serious operation. When the news was conveyed to his closest friend, exConstable F.' J. Swanepoel, he, too, collapsed and died. Constable Grobler was born in Rustenburg. He joined the Krugersdorp station with his friend in 1912. Swanepoel retired from the force on December 19 last year. Both men leave wives and families.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 68, 22 March 1939, Page 9
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