Name: |
VAN DEVENTER |
Given Name: |
PETRUS JOHANNES |
Initials: |
P J |
Service No: |
105637V |
Rank: |
CorporalOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces |
Date of Death: |
1945-04-18Other Casualties on this
Date |
Date of Birth: |
1919-05-14 |
Age: |
25 |
Cause of Death: |
Died of wounds, shrapnel wound - compound fracture of right thigh, received during the attack on Monte Caprara, Italy. He was evacuated to hospital but died 2 days later |
Decorations: |
Silver Star (USA) |
Citations: |
LG 14 May 1948 - "Corporal Petrus Johannes van Deventer, South African Forces, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for gallantry in action while serving with the Witwatersrand Rifles, Regiment de la Rey, South African Forces, in Italy, during World War II. General Orders: Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, General Orders No. 88 (1945)" |
Additional
Information: |
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. van Deventer, of Coalbrook, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Taaibosspruit, Orange Free State. A miner at Clydesdale Collieries |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2024-05-24
