In Memory Of
VAN NIEKERK, GERT PETRUS
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
4684
Rank:
Private
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
"C" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-10-12
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received 12th October 1916. The 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Johanna Aleta van Niekerk, of Farm Broughton, Frans Hoek, District Doordrecht. On Cathcart War Memorial
