Service Details
Name:
 KIRSTEN
Given Name:
 PETER ANDREW
Initials:
 A P
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Special Service Company
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 2nd South African Rifles
Date of Death:
 1918-12-06
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Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Died of pneumonia
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 6 August 1918 pg 9223 - "Brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War by Lieutenant-General. Sir J. L. van Deventer, K.C.B., Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces East Africa, for distinguished services during the operations from 30th May to December, 1917, described in his despatch of 21st January, 1918"
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. M. Andries and Mrs. Gesina Maria Kirsten, of 47, Warmbaths, Transvaal. Born Upington. A miner.
Commemoration
Country:
 Malawi
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Cemetery:
 BLANTYRE CHURCH OF CENTRAL AFRICA PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 151.

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