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Private WILHELMUS C. ELS

Service Number: 43780
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Medical Corps

Date of Death

Died 25 February 1945

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PRAGUE WAR CEMETERY

IV. B. 3.

Czech Republic

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Alida Els, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa; husband of Naomi Els, of Pretoria.
  • Personal Inscription HERE LIES MY BELOVED HUSBAND AND OUR DARLING DADDY
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Buried or commemorated at

PRAGUE WAR CEMETERY
Czech Republic
Number of casualties: 264
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