Service Details
Name:
 BOTHA
Given Name:
 JACOBUS PETRUS
Initials:
 J P
Service No:
 131277V
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Engineer Corps
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Unit:
 12 Field Sqn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Special Service Battalion
Date of Death:
 1944-09-08
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Date of Birth:
 1920-03-07
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in mine explosion on 2 September 1944, in the vicinity of Ginestra, Italy, (fractured tibia, wounds to left thigh, arm and both legs). He was placed on the Dangerous Injuries list on 6 September
Additional
Information:
Son of Marthinus Jacobus and Hester Susanna Elizabeth Botha, of Rooikraal, Middleburg District, Transvaal. Born in Pretoria. A concrete handyman.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. D. 8.

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