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Corporal NELSON POPOYI

Service Number: N/77175
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PIETERMARITZBURG (MOUNTAIN RISE) CEMETERY

Mil. Block B. Grave 22.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Nelson and Regina Popoyi; husband of Keziah Popoyi, of Emfundisweni, Cape Province.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF NELSON
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Buried or commemorated at

PIETERMARITZBURG (MOUNTAIN RISE) CEMETERY
Kwazulu Natal South Africa
Number of casualties: 109
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