Service Details
Name:
 WEITZ
Given Name:
 JOHAN KARL
Initials:
 J K
Service No:
 177079V
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Engineer Corps
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Unit:
 46 Survey Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-06
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Pisa
Additional
Information:
Son of Johan Karl and Francina Maria Fenner (nee van Niekerk) Weitz, of Walmer, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Port Elizabeth. Educated Muir College, Uitenhage. A student at Rhodes University. Commemorated on the Muir College, Uitenhage; the Rhodes University College & the Walmer, PE WWII Memorials. His brother also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XI. C. 2.

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