Service Details
Name:
 PENTZ
Given Name:
 EDWARD MARTIN
Initials:
 E M
Service No:
 20517V
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-10-04
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Date of Birth:
 1918-01-27
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in action, by heavy mortar fire on "B" Coy position in the area of Cardeda. He was evacuated to the Regimental RAP where he died the same day
Additional
Information:
Son of John Frederick and Edith Gray Pentz, of Goedgelee, Vryburg, Cape Province. Born Vryburg. A farmer in the area. He was unmarried. Commemorative plaque at Vryburg United Church
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, D, 19.

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