Service Details
Name:
 BLIGNAUT
Given Name:
 JAN HENDRIK
Initials:
 J H
Service No:
 226248V
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-21
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Date of Birth:
 1922-07-29
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when his tank (he was the driver) was hit by rounds fired by a Tiger Tank, in the vicinity of Cetona, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Hendrik Petrus and Caroline Aletta Maria Blignaut, of 257 Jameson Park, Nigel, Transvaal. Born Pretoria. A scholar. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, D, 10.

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