In Memory Of
MARAIS, PETRUS JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1924-11-08
Service No:
152604V
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-07-12
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received in battle accident, from a Thompson Machine Gun bullet wound in the neck, fired accidentally by a fellow soldier who was cleaning same.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. P. 7.
Cemetery:
FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Marthinus Wessel Marais, of Victoria Street, Vryburg, and later of Turfontein, Johannesburg. His brother also died in service.
