Identity
Person No.
12499
Service No.
36054
Last Name
First Name
Pieter Johannes
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
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
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Husband of Pieternella Marthinus Koekemoer (nee Gouws)
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project