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Private I C VAN NIEKERK

Service Number: 227764V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1945

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

VI, A, 1.

Italy

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  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Ivan A. and Claudine van Niekerk, of Durban, Natal; husband of Margaret van Niekerk, of Durban.
  • Personal Inscription "PEACE" GOD GAVE HIM THE PEACE THE WORLD COULD NOT GIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 502
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