In Memory Of
BOTHA, JACOBUS PETRUS
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1924-08-24
Service No:
590555V
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1945-01-29
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received while his patrol was ambushed near Serra, Italy on the 28th January. He could not be reached by the patrol and could not walk. The enemy was seen to move him to a nearby house. It was later ascertained that he had died the next day
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. A. 1.
Cemetery:
BOLOGNA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Karel Jacobus and Susanna Elizabeth Botha. Brother-in-law of Mr. W. J. de Klerk, of Van Riebeeck Street, Hercules, Pretoria. Born Pretoria
