In Memory Of
WIEHAHN, GEORGE JACOBUS RUDOLPH
Service Details
Age:
31
Date of Birth:
1913-04-15
Service No:
230317V
Rank:
Trooper
Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-07-02
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, artillery barrage at the road junction, west of Sinalunga, Italy. Their advance was held up by a congestion of tanks and self-propelled guns and this offered a good target for enemy artillery and mortars. They were part of the PR reconnaissance troop
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. M. 5.
Cemetery:
FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Gerrit A. and Matilda J. P. Wiehahn, of 115 Beach Road, Sea Point, Cape Town. Husband of Kathleen Doreen Wiehahn, of 83 Clovilly Road, Greenside, Johannesburg. Born Cape Town. A draughtsman. He had 1 daughter.
