Identity
Person No.
41666
Service No.
P/16987
Last Name
First Name
Marthinus Retief
Initials
M R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
17
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SUIC 381
Suicide
Cause of Death
Committed suicide, barbiturate poisoning, self administered, while on duty at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Medical Health
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. P. J. Barnard, of Buffalo Street, St. Helena, Orange Free State. Born Transvaal. He was unmarried.
Citations
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
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