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Identity
Person No.
20112
Service No.
337981V
Last Name
Petzer 6
First Name
Joseph
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1924 (±1 yr) 374
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
20 October 1944 249
Cause code
KIA 14,781
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, in the vicinity of Colonia, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 151
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,341
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY 401
Grave Reference
II, C, 10. 1
Coordinates
44.14397, 11.16183 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Witwatersrand Rifles, formed 1 May 1903. Active Citizen Force regiment through WWI/WWII/Border War (1970-1994 Border War operations). Renamed Bambatha Rifles 2019. Needs further research on Regiment de la Rey naming/merger history.
Notes

Son of Jacobus Johannes and Elizabeth Petzer. Cousin of H. Seliny, of Evans Road, Milner Estate, East London. His civilian occupation was a boot maker.

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