In Memory Of
BOTHA, EDUARD PRETORIUS
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1921-04-25
Service No:
232703V
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
"B" Coy.
Regiment:
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-06-16
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received from machine gun fire in the area South East of Salci, Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, H, 14.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Jacobus Samuel and Else F. (nee Zorn) Botha, of Brooklyn, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. An accountant by trade and worked for the firm Barnes and Taylor in Pretoria prior to enlistment.
