Identity
Person No.
12593
Service No.
142238V
Last Name
First Name
Petrus Benjamin
Initials
P B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during the advance on Citta della Pieve. Troops of "D" Coy, supported by tanks from Pretoria Regiment, were engaging the enemy in the vicinity of the brickworks
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed
Natal Carbineers
(1961)
Unit
Secondary Unit
"D" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt)
Status
Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed.
Notes
Son of Nicolaas A. and Diena J. Kotze; husband of Maria Magdalena Johanna Kotze, of 2 Holmdene Road, Plumbstead, Cape Town. Born in Van Rhynsdorp. Worked for the South African Railways & Harbours
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