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.