Tobias Mostert de Villiers (1897 - 1918)

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This profile is for the South Africans that give their lives in World War I 28 July 1914-11 November 1918.

Category: No2 South African Infantry Regiment, South African Army, World War I need to be created

Union Defence Force 1912-1957, World War I South African Army, Infantry, 2nd Regiment.

Tobias Mostert de Villiers Died in Service during served in WWI, died in 1918.

DEATH NOTICE ATTACHED / Sterftekennis aangeheg

Biography

Tobias Mostert de Villiers is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Name: Tobias Mostert de Villiers ^{[1][2] [3] [4]}

Event date: 28 February 1897^[1][2]

Event Place: Boksburg, Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek ^[2]

Father's Name: Wynand Carel de Villiers ^[1]Wynand Sarel de Villiers^[2]

Mother's Name: Anna Magdalena de Wit ^[1][2]

Baptism

Event Date: 25 April 1897^[1][2]

Event Place: Boksburg, Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek ^[2][1]

Witnesses: Tobias Mostert de Villiers; Helena Brink; Jacobus Willem de Villiers; Christina Petronella de Witt^[2]

Marriage

Unmarried^[1]

Military Info

Force number: 16112 ^{[3] [4]}

Rank: Private ^{[3] [4]}

Surname: de Villiers ^{[3] [4]}

Names: T. M. ^{[3] [4]}

Regiment: South African Infantry ^{[3] [4]}

Unit: 2nd Regiment ^{[3] [4]}

Cemetery: France, Seine-Maritime, ST. Sever cemetery extension, Rouen, S. II. G. 4. ^[3]

Death

Event Date: 28 October 1918 ^{[1] [3] [4]}

Occupation: Clerk and Soldier, 2nd South African Infantry^[1]

Event Place: During First World War, France ^{[5] [1]} France, Seine-Maritime, ST. Sever cemetery extension, Rouen, S. II. G. 4. ^[4]

Cause of death: Wounded in First world war^[1] Died of wounds. ^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Source:
   • GENEALOGY OF THE De Villiers FAMILY IN SOUTH AFRICA. COMPILED BY JUNA MALHERBE & ALET MALAN, HUGUENOT MEMORIAL MUSEUM. Seen and entered Dec 9, 2020, by Desireé Erasmus
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Source:
   • Baptism registers, 1896: Rustenburg to Zoutpansberg. -- 1897: Amersfoort to Zoutpansberg. Parish registers, Dutch Reformed Church, Transvaal (South Africa), Rhodesia, Swaziland, etc., 1894-1998. Baptism Tobias Mostert de Villiers 25 April 1897 Film # 008017943 Seen and entered June 7, 2021, by Desireé Erasmus
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} South African War Graves Project Grave of T. M. de Villiers Seen and entered Dec 2023 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9} Grave of T. M. de Villiers Seen and entered Dec 2023 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
5. ↑ Source:
   • "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch Death notice Tobias Mostert de Villiers 28 Oct 1918: 6 April 2020, 007808585 > image 533 of 1336; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Seen and entered Dec 9, 2020, by Desireé Erasmus