Service Details
Name:
 SCHOEMAN
Given Name:
 BAREND (aka BENJAMIN) JOHANNES
Initials:
 B J
Service No:
 181516V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-23
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Date of Birth:
 1923-07-17
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in action during heavy enemy shelling of the RHQ and "C" Squadron Harbour areas, in the vicinity of Montale, at about 1645
Additional
Information:
Son of Jacobus Johannes and Anna Jacoba Schoeman (nee Kruger) of Maraisburg, Transvaal. Born Edenvale, Transvaal. A labourer with S.A.R. & H. He was unmarried and had 6 siblings.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, A, 10.

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