In Memory Of
PIETERSE, PHILLIPUS JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1916-11-25
Service No:
230485V
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
1st Bn.
Unit 2:
"A" Sqdn.
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly South African Tank Corps
Date of Death:
1944-07-25
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, shrapnel wounds to both arms and his femur, when 3 Sherman tanks were knocked out in the vicinity of Panzano, Italy and the crews escaped while under heavy bombardment
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. G. 15.
Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. E. J. Pieterse (nee Scott), of Bishop Road, Durban. He had one son, Royce John, born Sep 1938. Born in Ladysmith. A fireman by profession
