Identity
Person No.
8756
Service No.
88246
Last Name
First Name
Barend Christiaan
Initials
B C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died of bilateral lobar pneumonia, on transport ship en route to Italy, whilst a POW
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
South African Irish, formed 1 December 1914. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment; reformed for WWII (1st SA Irish suffered severe losses at Sidi Rezegh, Nov 1941); converted to artillery (22 Field Regiment) 1946-1959, reconverted to reserve infantry 1960. Renamed Andrew Mlangeni Regiment 2019.
Notes
Son of Barend Christiaan and Susanna Elizabeth Greyling, of Drinkfontein, District Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Husband of Sarah Susanna Bosman Greyling, of Railway Cottages, Florida. Born Lichtenburg. A labourer. ***Might be 4 April 1942
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