Identity
Person No.
28291
Service No.
230317V
Last Name
First Name
George Jacobus Rudolph
Initials
G J R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, artillery barrage at the road junction, west of Sinalunga, Italy. Their advance was held up by a congestion of tanks and self-propelled guns and this offered a good target for enemy artillery and mortars. They were part of the PR reconnaissance troop
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 Gerrit A. and Matilda J. P. Wiehahn, of 115 Beach Road, Sea Point, Cape Town. Husband of Kathleen Doreen Wiehahn, of 83 Clovilly Road, Greenside, Johannesburg. Born Cape Town. A draughtsman. He had 1 daughter.
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