Identity
Person No.
24052
Service No.
214047V
Last Name
First Name
Matthius Johannes
Initials
M J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the vicinity of LaPiazze, Italy. The carrier he was travelling in struck a mine while on a recce
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
First City/Cape Town Highlanders 112
Formerly
Cape Town Highlanders
(1943)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
Notes
Son of Pieter J. and Anna S. Steenkamp, of Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa.
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Unknown
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