In Memory Of
DU PLESSIS, GIDEON STEPHANUS RETIEF
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Gunner
Regiment:
South African Artillery
Date of Death:
1938-12-05
Cause of Death:
Died of injuries, head injuries received when he fell from from a horse during artillery practice and the horses and cannon passed over him, at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital
Commemoration
Cemetery:
THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of David Francois and Johanna Sophia Coetzee du Plessis. Born Cape Province. He was unmarried.