In Memory Of
PIETERSE, HERMANUS JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
17
Date of Birth:
1928-04-04
Service No:
596347V
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1945-11-18
Cause of Death:
Died in explosion, at the Barracks of the Youth Training Brigade at Roberts Heights. 3 members were using a bayonet and a screwdriver in an attempt to dismantle a 2 inch mortar shell that they found in rubble from the explosion of the Grand Magazine, which was being used for earth works at Roberts Heights.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Grave 306.
Cemetery:
THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Pieterse, of Mooi River, Natal.
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