Buys, Pieter Jacobus

Identity

Person No.

41830

Service No.

84064989PC

Last Name

Buys 21

First Name

Pieter Jacobus

Initials

P J

Date of Birth

Unknown

Est. Birth Year

1958 (±1 yr) 429

Age at Death

33

Military Service

Rank

Sergeant

Regiment

South African Army 181

Unit

H.q. 77

Secondary Unit

H.Q.

Death Record

Date of Death

27 February 1991 91

Cause of Death

Suicide 331

Committed suicide, with a 9mm pistol at 82 Mech Bde HQ, General de Wet Training area. He was with 7 Division Mobilisation Centre at the time

Grave Reference

Reportedly buried in De Doorns, Cape Province 1

Location

Country

South Africa 17,413

Locality

Unknown

Cemetery

UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253

Additional Information

Notes

Husband of Mrs. F. J. Buys, of Jack Colbert Street, Heidedal, Bloemfontein

Citation

MBE LG Sup 7 February 1919 pg. 1943 - "For valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in East Africa"; MID LG Sup 25 September 1917 pg. 9942

External Source

Unknown

South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #41830

Buys, Pieter Jacobus (P J)