Service Details
Name:
 PIENAAR
Given Name:
 WILLIE FOURIE
Initials:
 W F
Service No:
 41084V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 General Service Corps, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 seconded to No. 3 Commando
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Date of Death:
 1943-07-14
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot when he tried to escape through or over a fence, but then decided rather to return to his tent when his escape was discovered
Additional
Information:
Son of Theodorus Barend and Hendrina Cecilia Pienaar, of Caledon, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Caledon.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
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Grave Reference:
 VI. D. 14.

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