In Memory Of

HATTINGH, CHRISTIAAN

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1920-11-10
Service No:
 127780V
Rank:
 Private
Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
Date of Death:
 1944-07-03
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by mortar, MMG and 88mm shell fire during the occupation and subsequent consolidation of the area around Lucignano, which began at 1000 hrs
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. N. 8.
Cemetery:
 FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Bernadus Rudolf and Dina Sussana Hattingh, of 6 Elandsfontein, P.O. Alberton. Born Port Elizabeth. A supervisor for the Transvaal Steel Pressing Syndicate. He was unmarried. He had 7 sisters and a brother. Commemoration stone in Alberton (Florentia) Cemetery