Identity
Person No.
27509
Service No.
152793V
Last Name
First Name
Schalk Burger
Initials
S B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, mine wounds to his right thigh, when the patrol strayed into our own minefield near Monte Sterlese, Italy. He was wounded on the 30 December 1944
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
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 Petrus Stephanus and Maria Aletta Magdalena Vosloo, of Matoppievlakte, Transvaal, South Africa. Born in Humansdorp.
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