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Private W J VAN DER MERWE

Service Number: 591877V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1945

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

III, D, 19.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Sarel J. and Alleta J. van der Merwe, of Fordsburg, Johannesburg, Transvaal.
  • Personal Inscription DAAR'S BEMINDES IN DIE HEMEL, HIER BENEDE REEDS GEMIS
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