Gunner
GP Van Rooyen
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About

  • Name
  • Initials
    GP
  • Surname
    Van Rooyen
  • Date of Birth
    1896
  • Birth town
  • Resided town
  • Commemorated
  • Nationality
    South African
  • Place of death
  • Date of death
  • Married
  • Occupation

Service Information

  • Army

  • Service Number
    362
  • Rank
    Gunner
  • Regiment
    South African Heavy Artillery

Biography

Gunner G P Van Rooyen was serving with the South African Heavy Artillery, stationed at Stowlangtoft Camp near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk when he passed through Peterborough East Station on 29 October 1916.  He signed the visitors’ book which reveals his name, rank and number and also stated that he was aged 20 and his height was 6′ 1/8″.  He also wrote the following verse:

“I see a hand you cannot see
Which becons me away
I hear a voice you cannot hear
Which says I must not stay”

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