In Memory Of
VAN VUUREN, ROBERT JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1916-10-07
Service No:
35447V
Rank:
Trooper
Unit 2:
"B" Sqdn.
Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-08-02
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when their tank was hit by an AP round and bazooka fire, in the vicinity of Impruneta, Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XI. D. 5.
Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Renier Johannes Stephanus van Vuuren and Aleta Elizabeth Bates (remarried). Born Pienaarsrivier, Transvaal. A handyman. Commemoration stone in Pretoria (Rebecca Street) Cemetery
