Service Details
Name:
 STEYN
Given Name:
 PETER JACOBUS DE WET
Initials:
 P J D W
Service No:
 26622
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-07
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Date of Birth:
 1917-09-03
Age:
 24
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 However, heavy enemy fire and mounting casualties resulted in the Coy being withdrawn under a smoke screen supplied by the Artillery.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
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Margaret E. Steyn, of Ottoshoop, Transvaal. Born in Douglas, Cape Province. A clerk. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 5. C. 14.

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