Service Details
Name:
 BESTER
Given Name:
 PIETER HENDRIK
Initials:
 P H
Service No:
 178416V
Rank:
 Trooper
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Prince Alfred's Guard, S.A.Forces
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Regiment de Wet
Date of Death:
 1944-06-30
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Date of Birth:
 1919-05-03
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by machine gun fire. He was the driver of a Honey tank, busy guiding "C" Squadron across the canal, South West of Abbadia
Additional
Information:
Son of Frans A. and Adriana J. Bester, of Mount Plessis, Harrismith Dist, Orange Free State. Born in Kestell, Orange Free State. A weaver. He was unmarried. On Harrismith War Memorial, Free State.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. K. 8.

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