Service Details
Name:
 PRETORIUS
Given Name:
 WILLEM JANSEN
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 143220
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 2 Field Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1942-11-03
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Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Died of gunshot wound to skull, whilst a POW
Additional
Information:
Son of Jan Frederik Jacobus Pretorius and Maria Cornelia Pretorius; husband of Maria Cornelia Pretorius, of Pretoria West, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 12. D. 20.

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