Service Details
Name:
 MacARTHUR
Given Name:
 JOHANNES JACOBUS
Initials:
 J J
Service No:
 19197V
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-12
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Date of Birth:
 1919-10-02
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds. During an attack in the vicinity of Bagnoregio, a tank of 2 Troop threw a track. During the recovery of the tank and rescue of the crew, he was wounded by a sniper. He was hospitalised with a gun shot wound to his left shoulder which resulted in a paralysis of his left side. He died later in the day
Additional
Information:
Son of John Arthur and Maria Johanna Aletta MacArthur (nee Heyns), of 128 Durban Road, Belville, Cape Town. Born Saldhana, Cape Province. A salesman. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, A, 3.

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