Service Details
Name:
 VILJOEN
Given Name:
 MATTHYS LAUBSCHER
Initials:
 M L
Service No:
 110338V
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 6th Mounted Regiment
Date of Death:
 1944-06-15
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Date of Birth:
 1914-04-29
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when he exited his tank with a first aid kit to try and assist the crew of a knocked out Stuart tank. He was shot by a sniper, in the vicinity of Orveito, near the River Paglia
Additional
Information:
Son of Hercules and Christina Francina Glaudina Viljoen (nee Laubscher). Born Bufferskraal, District Worcester. A farmer at Buffelskraal. He was unmarried. He had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. On Worcester War Memorial, Western Cape
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, F, 13.

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