Identity
Person No.
9438
Service No.
35320V
Last Name
First Name
Barend Henri
Initials
B H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, fractured left tibia and fibula, received in battle accident, when his scout car overturned on the 7 November, 4 miles south of Castiglione, Italy
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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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 Gerritt Andries Johannes and stepmother Anna Elizabeth Hattingh, of 247 Bloed Street, Pretoria. Born Pretoria. A salesman by trade. He was unmarried.
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