Service Details
Name:
 GOUWS
Given Name:
 PIETER JOHANNES
Initials:
 P J
Service No:
 175302
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Corps of Military Police
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Unit:
 6 Field Provost Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-22
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Date of Birth:
 1917-11-11
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died in Motorcycle Accident, at Barberton, while on active duty
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. P. Gouws, of Wolwedans Farm, Swartwater. Born Rustenburg. A farmer. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 BARBERTON CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Plot 16. Grave 81.

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