Identity
Person No.
1776
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Pieter Hendrick Schalk
Initials
P H S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
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Additional Information
Notes
Eldest son of the Rev. Pieter Hendrick Schalk Bezuidenhout D.M T., and Annie Catherine Bezuidenhout (nee Hart), of Rietfontein, Germistown, Transvaal, South Africa.
Citation
LG Sup 25 August 1916 pg. 8456 - "For conspicuous gallantry on all occasions during operations, notably when carrying out dangerous reconnaissances. On one occasion, when his dug-out was blown in by a shell which killed some men and wounded others, although much shaken himself he bore the whole weight of the roof on his shoulders for some time and prevented it from falling in on the wounded."
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project