Identity
Person No.
26764
Service No.
105637V
Last Name
First Name
Petrus Johannes
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, shrapnel wound - compound fracture of right thigh, received during the attack on Monte Caprara, Italy. He was evacuated to hospital but died 2 days later
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. van Deventer, of Coalbrook, Transvaal, South Africa. Born in Taaibosspruit, Orange Free State. A miner at Clydesdale Collieries before enlistment
Citation
LG 14 May 1948 - "Corporal Petrus Johannes van Deventer, South African Forces, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for gallantry in action while serving with the Witwatersrand Rifles, Regiment de la Rey, South African Forces, in Italy, during World War II. General Orders: Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, General Orders No. 88 (1945)"
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project