Pieter Hendrik de Villiers (abt. 1917 - 1942)

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Biography

Pieter Hendrik de Villiers was Killed in Action during World War II.

LEST WE FORGET

Pieter Hendrik de Villiers is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Name: Pieter Hendrik de Villiers ^{[1] [2]}

Event Date: about 1917 ^{[1] [2]}

Event Place: Cape Province, Jamestown

Father's Name: Gustav Pieter de Villiers ^{[1] [2]}

Mother’s Name: Esther Naomi de Villiers ^{[1] [2]}

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Groom: Pieter Hendrik de Villiers

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Military Info

Force number: 60262 ^{[1] [2]}

Rank: Sergeant ^{[1] [2]}

Surname: de Villiers ^{[1] [2]}

Names: P. H. ^{[1] [2]}

Regiment: South African Artillery ^{[1] [2]}

Unit: 1 Anti-Tank Regt. ^[1]

Cemetery: Egypt, El Alamein war memorial, Column 111. ^[1]

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Death

Event Date: 11 July 1942 ^{[1] [2]}

Age: 25 years ^{[1] [2]}

Event Place: Egypt, El Alamein memorial ^{[1] [2]}

Cause of death: Killed in action ^{[1] [2]}

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Grave

Event Place: Egypt, El Alamein memorial, Column 111 ^[2]

Note

El Alamein is a town on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. It’s known for a decisive 1942 WWII battle, commemorated in El Alamein War Museum with uniforms and tanks. Desert plants surround El Alamein War Cemetery’s headstones. Just outside town, the German War Memorial is a fortress-like structure with a central obelisk, built over a mass grave. The Italian War Memorial is a tower inscribed inside with names of the dead. Added by Van Heerden-335 December 2020.

• Wikipedia First Battle, History

• Wikipedia Second Battle of El Alamein Added by Van Heerden-335 December 2020.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14} South African War Graves Project Memorial of P. H. de Villiers Seen and entered Nov 2023 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13} Commonwealth War Graves Memorial of P. H. de Villiers Seen and entered Nov 2023 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz