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Sergeant WILLAM H. S. PRETORIUS

Service Number: 122928V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 17 March 1945

Age 47 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOSHOF CEMETERY

Grave E. 10.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Willem H.S. Pretorius and Margritha M.J. Pretorius, of Boshof; husband of Anna M. Pretorius, of Boshof.
  • Personal Inscription GOD IS LIEFDE
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Buried or commemorated at

BOSHOF CEMETERY
Free State South Africa
Number of casualties: 122
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