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Captain ALWYN VAN HEERDEN

Service Number: 216431
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Railways and Harbours Brigade

Date of Death

Died 29 November 1942

Age 49 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY

Block F. Grave 341.

South Africa

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  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Pieter W van Heerden and Anna C. van Heerden; husband of Mary A. Van Heerden, of Germiston, Transvaal.
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Buried or commemorated at

DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY
Kwazulu Natal South Africa
Number of casualties: 710
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