Service Details
Name:
 PIETERSE
Given Name:
 HERMANUS JOHANNES
Initials:
 H J
Service No:
 596347V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1945-11-18
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Date of Birth:
 1928-04-04
Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Died in explosion, at the Barracks of the Youth Training Brigade at Roberts Heights. 3 members were using a bayonet and a screwdriver in an attempt to dismantle a 2 inch mortar shell that they found in rubble from the explosion of the Grand Magazine, which was being used for earth works at Roberts Heights.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Pieterse, of Mooi River, Natal.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 306.

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