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Gunner A L VAN NIEKERK

Service Number: 16401
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Artillery

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY

Mil. Allotment. Grave 96659C.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Mr and Mrs J D van Niekerk, of Malmesbury, Cape Province.
  • Personal Inscription OUR BELOVED SLEEPETH

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Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 1498
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