Service Details
Name:
 PETZER
Given Name:
 JACOBUS HENDRIK
Initials:
 J H
Service No:
 93200
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 2nd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-05-28
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Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, presumed dead at the Commonwealth Keep outside Tobruk
Additional
Information:
Son of William Henry and Madeline Edith (nee Dell) Petzer; husband of Madge Edith Bessie (nee Scott) Petzer, of Sea View, Durban. Born East London December 1908. A skilled rail worker with the SAR&H. he had three children. Commemorated on the Seaview and South Coast Junction; the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials and on the SAR&H WWII ROH in the book "We Fought the Miles."
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 123.

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