In Memory Of
COETZEE, JOHANNES CHRISTIAAN
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1925-10-05
Service No:
612624V
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
Date of Death:
1945-01-13
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during an attack by the enemy on the Coy positions at Saligastro. The attack, in the early hours of the morning (at about 0130) on 13 January, was preceded by heavy shelling
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III, B, 24.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Joseph Erasmus and Susanna Catharina Coetzee, of Holmedene, Standerton, Transvaal. Born Standerton. A journalist.
