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Captain W J VAN DER MERWE

Service Number: 21635
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Regiment President Steyn, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1942

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

III. D. 18.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Willem J. and Annie C. van der Merwe; husband of Sylvia van der Merwe, of Zastron, Orange Free State, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription IN LIEFDEVOLLE HERINNERING AAN ONS DIERBARE EGGENOOT EN VADER. SYLVIA EN WILLIE
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