In Memory Of
STEYN, PETER JACOBUS DE WET
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1917-09-03
Service No:
26622
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-06-07
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received in a Composite Coy attack on positions to the front which began at 0400. However, heavy enemy fire and mounting casualties resulted in the Coy being withdrawn under a smoke screen supplied by the Artillery. The Regiment was holding positions at Gazala, at the time
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
5. C. 14.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of James and Margaret E. Steyn, of Ottoshoop, Transvaal. Born in Douglas, Cape Province. A clerk. He was unmarried.