Service Details
Name:
 MARAIS
Given Name:
 PETRUS JOHANNES
Initials:
 P J
Service No:
 152604V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-12
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Date of Birth:
 1924-11-08
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in battle accident, from a Thompson Machine Gun bullet wound in the neck, fired accidentally by a fellow soldier who was cleaning same.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Marthinus Wessel Marais, of Victoria Street, Vryburg, and later of Turfontein, Johannesburg. His brother also died in service.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. P. 7.

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