In Memory Of
VILJOEN, MATTHYS LAUBSCHER
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
1914-04-29
Service No:
110338V
Rank:
Sergeant
Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly 6th Mounted Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-06-15
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when he exited his tank with a first aid kit to try and assist the crew of a knocked out Stuart tank. He was shot by a sniper, in the vicinity of Orveito, near the River Paglia
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, F, 13.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Hercules and Christina Francina Glaudina Viljoen (nee Laubscher). Born Bufferskraal, District Worcester. A farmer at Buffelskraal. He was unmarried. He had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. On Worcester War Memorial, Western Cape
