Identity
Person No.
9540
Service No.
H/70
Last Name
First Name
Philippis Martinis
Initials
P M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Operation
Operation
Dates
1914-09 to 1915-02
About
Afrikaner / Maritz Rebellion against the Union government after the decision to invade German South-West Africa. Armstrong’s Grey Steel covers the accidental death of Gen. J.H. de la Rey (Sep 1914), Beyers’s and Fourie’s revolt, Beyers’s drowning in the Vaal, de Wet’s defeat at Mushroom Valley, and Jopie Fourie’s court-martial and execution (Dec 1914).
Notes
Next of kin, G. J. Hayward, of Rosendal, Christiana, Transvaal
Research notes
Armstrong, H.C. Grey Steel: J.C. Smuts — A Study in Arrogance. Arthur Barker, 1937; Just Done Productions / Lulu, 2nd ed. 2006 (ISBN 978-1-920169-08-4).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Armstrong — Grey Steel (J.C. Smuts)
open source ↗
1914 Rebellion — CauseDeath match (Armstrong context)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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