Service Details
Name:
 POTGIETER
Given Name:
 PETRUS JOHANNES
Initials:
 P J
Service No:
 238720
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Central Army Training Depot, S.A.Forces
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Date of Death:
 1943-10-01
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Date of Birth:
 1921-04-29
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Committed suicide, by drinking Lysol, at Pretoria General Hospital
Additional
Information:
Son of David J. Potgieter, of 170 Schoeman Street, Pretoria and Mrs. Martha M. Venter (formerly Potgieter, c/o The Mine Mess, Nkana, Northern Rhodesia. Born in Pietersburg, Transvaal. An operator at Iscor. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 48.

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