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Identity
Person No.
24218
Service No.
26622
Last Name
Steyn 58
First Name
Peter Jacobus De Wet
Initials
P J D W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1918 (±1 yr) 637
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces 113
Unit
1st 962
Death Record
Date of Death
07 June 1942 127
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,379
Died of wounds, received in a Composite Coy attack on positions to the front which began at 0400. However, heavy enemy fire and mounting casualties resulted in the Coy being withdrawn under a smoke screen supplied by the Artillery. The Regiment was holding positions at Gazala, at the time
Grave Reference
5. C. 14. 1
Location
Country
Libya 785
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA 438
Coordinates
32.09586, 23.71913
Additional Information
Notes

Son of James and Margaret E. Steyn, of Ottoshoop, Transvaal. Born in Douglas, Cape Province. A clerk. He was unmarried.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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