In Memory Of

STEENKAMP, MATTHIUS JOHANNES

Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1921-01-23
Service No:
214047V
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-06-18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in the vicinity of LaPiazze, Italy. The carrier he was travelling in struck a mine while on a recce
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, D, 11.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Pieter J. and Anna S. Steenkamp, of Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa.