Identity
Person No.
26764
Service No.
105637V
Last Name
First Name
Petrus Johannes
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, shrapnel wound - compound fracture of right thigh, received during the attack on Monte Caprara, Italy. He was evacuated to hospital but died 2 days later
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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Coordinates
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 Mr. and Mrs. J. A. van Deventer, of Coalbrook, Transvaal, South Africa. Born in Taaibosspruit, Orange Free State. A miner at Clydesdale Collieries before enlistment
Citations
LG 14 May 1948 - "Corporal Petrus Johannes van Deventer, South African Forces, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for gallantry in action while serving with the Witwatersrand Rifles, Regiment de la Rey, South African Forces, in Italy, during World War II. General Orders: Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, General Orders No. 88 (1945)"
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