In Memory Of

PIETERSEN, WILLEM JOHANNES

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1956-10-29
Service No:
 72512734KT
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 Boksburg Commando
Regiment:
 South African Commandos
Date of Death:
 1977-05-05
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, drowned. Part of a 4-man squad on O.P. duties on the Kavango River, on a piece of land that formed a peninsula. During the night the river rose, cutting that piece of land off from the river-edge. The river flowed very strongly and, in the squads' attempts to get back, Pietersen drowned.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Block C, Grave 2209
Cemetery:
 BOKSBURG CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. W. J. Pietersen, of Boksburg.