Service Details
Name:
 BEZUIDENHOUT
Given Name:
 PIETER HENDRICK SCHALK
Initials:
 P H S
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Field Artillery
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Unit:
 94th Bde.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Bty.
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Date of Death:
 1916-12-24
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Battle of the Somme
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG Sup 25 August 1916 pg. 8456 - "For conspicuous gallantry on all occasions during operations, notably when carrying out dangerous reconnaissances. On one occasion, when his dug-out was blown in by a shell which killed some men and wounded others, although much shaken himself he bore the whole weight of the roof on his shoulders for some time and prevented it from falling in on the wounded."
Additional
Information:
Eldest son of the Rev. Pieter Hendrick Schalk Bezuidenhout D.M T., and Annie Catherine Bezuidenhout (nee Hart), of Rietfontein, Germistown, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 V. F. 41.

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