In Memory Of
MacARTHUR, JOHANNES JACOBUS
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1919-10-02
Service No:
19197V
Rank:
Sergeant
Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-06-12
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds. During an attack in the vicinity of Bagnoregio, a tank of 2 Troop threw a track. During the recovery of the tank and rescue of the crew, he was wounded by a sniper. He was hospitalised with a gun shot wound to his left shoulder which resulted in a paralysis of his left side. He died later in the day
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, A, 3.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of John Arthur and Maria Johanna Aletta MacArthur (nee Heyns), of 128 Durban Road, Belville, Cape Town. Born Saldhana, Cape Province. A salesman. He was unmarried.
