In Memory Of
KOTZE, PETRUS BENJAMIN
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1918-09-15
Service No:
142238V
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
1st
Unit 2:
"D" Coy.
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-06-17
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during the advance on Citta della Pieve. Troops of "D" Coy, supported by tanks from Pretoria Regiment, were engaging the enemy in the vicinity of the brickworks
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, E, 4.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Nicolaas A. and Diena J. Kotze; husband of Maria Magdalena Johanna Kotze, of 2 Holmdene Road, Plumbstead, Cape Town. Born in Van Rhynsdorp. Worked for the South African Railways & Harbours
