Identity
Person No.
27368
Service No.
110338V
Last Name
First Name
Matthys Laubscher
Initials
M L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, when he exited his tank with a first aid kit to try and assist the crew of a knocked out Stuart tank. He was shot by a sniper, in the vicinity of Orveito, near the River Paglia
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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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 Hercules and Christina Francina Glaudina Viljoen (nee Laubscher). Born Bufferskraal, District Worcester. A farmer at Buffelskraal. He was unmarried. He had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. On Worcester War Memorial, Western Cape
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