In Memory Of
VENTER, JOHANNES GERHARDUS
Service Details
Age:
32
Date of Birth:
1911-06-26
Service No:
174739V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Regiment:
Prince Alfred's Guard, S.A.Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly 1st Mounted Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-06-13
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, tank was hit by enemy fire and caught alight, about 800 yards south of the village of Porano. At the time, the PAG was the leading unit of the 8th Army in its thrust toward Florence
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, F, 22.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Venter, of 111 Roehampton Court, 232 Bree Street, Johannesburg. Born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State. A traffic inspector. He had 3 children.
