Identity
Person No.
13136
Service No.
230333V
Last Name
First Name
John Victor Pierre
Initials
J V P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, while engaged in recce tasks in the vicinity of Greve, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"C" Squadron
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Armour
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Pretoria Regiment, formed 1 July 1913 as an Active Citizen Force infantry battalion. Converted to armour 1943 (Italian Campaign, RAC depots in Egypt). Renamed Pretoria Armour Regiment 2019; one of 52 Reserve Force units renamed that year.
Notes
Son of Edmund Jacobus and Bertha Le Roux (nee Wilson) of Victoria West. Husband of Myra Winifred Le Roux (nee Boyes), of "Abberley", Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch, Cape Province. Born Somerset Strand. A clerk. He had a son and daughter.
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