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Signaller D C VAN ZYL

Service Number: 284045V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Corps of Signals

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

VI, F, 13.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Dirk C. and Anna S. van Zyl, of Barrydale, Cape Province.
  • Personal Inscription VEILIG IN JESUS ARME
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Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 502
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