In Memory Of
BOTHA, JACOBUS PETRUS
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
1920-03-07
Service No:
131277V
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
12 Field Sqn.
Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
Former Regiment:
formerly Special Service Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-09-08
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received in mine explosion on 2 September 1944, in the vicinity of Ginestra, Italy, (fractured tibia, wounds to left thigh, arm and both legs). He was placed on the Dangerous Injuries list on 6 September
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. D. 8.
Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Marthinus Jacobus and Hester Susanna Elizabeth Botha, of Rooikraal, Middleburg District, Transvaal. Born in Pretoria. A concrete handyman.
