In Memory Of

PETERSEN, PETER HANS

Service Details
Age:
 54
Date of Birth:
 1861-10-02
Service No:
 2831
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-05-26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. F. 3.
Cemetery:
 TANCREZ FARM CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Comines-Warneton, Hainaut
Country:
 Belgium
Additional Information
Son of Christian Daniel and Charlotte Frederikke Amalie Petersen. Husband of Ada Sabina Petersen, of 57 Gale Street, Durban. Born Copenhagen, Denmark. A rigger. Served with the Natal Naval Volunteers in ABW 1899; served as a Corporal (#1078) with Steinaecker's Horse in the ABW 1900-1902. He was discharged as medically unfit (malaria?) at Pietermaritzburg on 16/6/1902. He served with Royston's Horse in the 1906 Bambatha Rebellion. His son also died in service. Commemorated on Durban Cenotaph; St. Mary's Anglican Church, Greyville & St Cyprian?s Anglican Church, Durban WWI Memorials