Service Details
Name:
 WIEHAHN
Given Name:
 GEORGE JACOBUS RUDOLPH
Initials:
 G J R
Service No:
 230317V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-02
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Date of Birth:
 1913-04-15
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, artillery barrage at the road junction, west of Sinalunga, Italy. Their advance was held up by a congestion of tanks and self-propelled guns and this offered a good target for enemy artillery and mortars. They were part of the PR reconnaissance troop
Additional
Information:
Son of Gerrit A. and Matilda J. P. Wiehahn, of 115 Beach Road, Sea Point, Cape Town. Husband of Kathleen Doreen Wiehahn, of 83 Clovilly Road, Greenside, Johannesburg. Born Cape Town. A draughtsman. He had 1 daughter.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. M. 5.

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