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Private J J VAN DER MERWE

Service Number: 592124V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 29 December 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

VI, B, 14.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of John J. and Elizabeth M. van der Merwe, of Mafeteng, Basutoland.
  • Personal Inscription ONE IS NEARER TO GOD IN A GARDEN THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH. PARENTS, BROTHERS, SISTERS
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