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Identity
Person No.
15079
Service No.
152604V
Last Name
First Name
Petrus Johannes
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
Private
Unit
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received in battle accident, from a Thompson Machine Gun bullet wound in the neck, fired accidentally by a fellow soldier who was cleaning same
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Marthinus Wessel Marais, of Victoria Street, Vryburg, and later of Turfontein, Johannesburg. His brother also died in service.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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