Identity
Person No.
27263
Service No.
SR/598197V
Last Name
First Name
Willem Daniel Francois
Initials
W D F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. He was admitted to hospital with petrol burns to his hand and forearm and discharged on 17 June. He was brought in dead on 20 June, with gun shot wounds to his head and neck
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Armour
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Pretoria Regiment, formed 1 July 1913 as an Active Citizen Force infantry battalion. Converted to armour 1943 (Italian Campaign, RAC depots in Egypt). Renamed Pretoria Armour Regiment 2019; one of 52 Reserve Force units renamed that year.
Notes
Son of Roelof H. and Anna M. M. Venter, of Main Street, Umtali, Southern Rhodesia. Born Fouriesburg, Orange Free State. A spares clerk. He was unmarried.
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