Service Details
Name:
 BOTHA
Given Name:
 HERTZOG
Initials:
 H
Service No:
 1889
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-12-08
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Date of Birth:
 1917-03-07
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died whilst a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars.
Additional
Information:
Son of Cornelius Johannes and Hester Susanna (nee Marx) Botha, of 10 Quarry Rd, King William's Town. Born Lushington, Stockenstroom. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. G. 12.

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