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Petrus
Johannes
VanDeventer
KIA (WWII)

Home:

Lindequesdrift, Transvaal

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South Africa

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    Foreign

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    Regiment de la Rey

    Division:

    South African Forces

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, General Orders No. 88 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Corporal Petrus Johannes VanDeventer, 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.