In Memory Of
PIENAAR, WILLIE FOURIE
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
41084V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit 2:
seconded to No. 3 Commando
Regiment:
General Service Corps, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1943-07-14
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, shot when he tried to escape through or over a fence, but then decided rather to return to his tent when his escape was discovered
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
VI. D. 14.
Cemetery:
SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Theodorus Barend and Hendrina Cecilia Pienaar, of Caledon, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Caledon.
