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Sergeant C J VAN ROOYEN

Service Number: 180453V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY

II, E, 12.

Italy

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  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Cornelius J. and Maria E. D. van Rooyen, of Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, BELOVED SON FAR BENEATH FOREIGN SKIES TILL WE MEET AGAIN ON HIGH
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Buried or commemorated at

BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 600
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