Service Details
Name:
VAN VUUREN
Given Name:
ROBERT JOHANNES
Initials:
R J
Service No:
35447V
Rank:
Trooper
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Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
"B" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1944-08-02
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Date of Birth:
1916-10-07
Age:
27
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when their tank was hit by an AP round and bazooka fire, in the vicinity of Impruneta, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Renier Johannes Stephanus van Vuuren and Aleta Elizabeth Bates (remarried). Born Pienaarsrivier, Transvaal. A handyman. Commemoration stone in Pretoria (Rebecca Street) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
XI. D. 5.

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