In Memory Of

PETZER, JACOBUS HENDRIK

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 93200
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 2nd Bn.
Regiment:
 Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1942-05-28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, presumed dead at the Commonwealth Keep outside Tobruk
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 123.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of William Henry and Madeline Edith (nee Dell) Petzer; husband of Madge Edith Bessie (nee Scott) Petzer, of Sea View, Durban. Born East London December 1908. A skilled rail worker with the SAR&H. he had three children. Commemorated on the Seaview and South Coast Junction; the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials and on the SAR&H WWII ROH in the book "We Fought the Miles."