In Memory Of

KIRSTEN, PETER ANDREW

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Captain
Regiment:
 South African Special Service Company
Former Regiment:
 formerly 2nd South African Rifles
Date of Death:
 1918-12-06
Cause of Death:
 Died of pneumonia
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 151.
Cemetery:
 BLANTYRE CHURCH OF CENTRAL AFRICA PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY
Country:
 Malawi
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 6 August 1918 pg 9223 - "Brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War by Lieutenant-General. Sir J. L. van Deventer, K.C.B., Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces East Africa, for distinguished services during the operations from 30th May to December, 1917, described in his despatch of 21st January, 1918"
Son of Mr. M. A. and Mrs. G. M. Kirsten, of 47, Warmbaths, Transvaal.