In Memory Of
VAN DER MERWE, PIETER SCHALK
Service Details
Age:
33
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Lieutenant
Regiment:
14th Mounted Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1914-11-17
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, shot by rebels on Farm Ongizund
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Mil. Plot 6.
Cemetery:
SENEKAL OLD CEMETERY
Localitly:
Free State
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Johannes Petrus and Johanna Christina van der Merwe. Husband of Hester Jacomina van der Merwe, of Senekal. Born Bankfontein, Senekal. A barber. ***Might be SAMR and 21 November 1914. ref. Gallantry Awards to the South Africa Police