In Memory Of
SCHOEMAN, BAREND (aka BENJAMIN) JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1923-07-17
Service No:
181516V
Rank:
Trooper
Regiment:
Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-09-23
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received in action during heavy enemy shelling of the RHQ and "C" Squadron Harbour areas, in the vicinity of Montale, at about 1645
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III, A, 10.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Jacobus Johannes and Anna Jacoba Schoeman (nee Kruger) of Maraisburg, Transvaal. Born Edenvale, Transvaal. A labourer with S.A.R. & H. He was unmarried and had 6 siblings.
