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Koekemoer, Pieter Johannes
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Identity
Person No.
12499
Service No.
36054
Last Name
Koekemoer
17
First Name
Pieter Johannes
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
South African Engineer Corps
581
Unit
4 Field Coy.
17
Death Record
Date of Death
08 December 1943
131
Cause of Death
Died as POW
169
Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars
Grave Reference
III. F. 14.
1
Location
Country
Italy
1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
81
Coordinates
43.58699, 13.52365
Additional Information
Notes
Husband of Pieternella Marthinus Koekemoer (nee Gouws)
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Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project
southafricawargraves.org — record #12499