Service Details
Name:
 PIETERSE
Given Name:
 PHILLIPUS JOHANNES
Initials:
 P J
Service No:
 230485V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Sqdn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly South African Tank Corps
Date of Death:
 1944-07-25
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Date of Birth:
 1916-11-25
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, shrapnel wounds to both arms and his femur, when 3 Sherman tanks were knocked out in the vicinity of Panzano, Italy and the crews escaped while under heavy bombardment
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. E. J. Pieterse (nee Scott), of Bishop Road, Durban. He had one son, Royce John, born Sep 1938. Born in Ladysmith. A fireman by profession
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. G. 15.

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