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Identity
Person No.
15157
Service No.
106492
Last Name
Maritz 42
First Name
Unknown
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1914 (±1 yr) 425
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
30 August 1942 120
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Missing in action 784
Missing, Death Presumed
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Regiment Botha 122
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
2nd 452
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 131. 18
Coordinates
30.83823, 28.94696 OSM
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Alamein Memorial (Missing)
On the panel
Column 131.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Regiment Botha, formed 1 April 1934 at Ermelo. Active Citizen Force; 2nd Bn served North Africa 1941-42, renamed Regiment Christiaan Beyers 1951; called Regiment Pongola 1960-1966. Renamed General Botha Regiment 2019.
Notes

Son of Johannes H. G. and Maria P. L. Maritz, of Leonardville, Gobabis, South West Africa.

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