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Private SAMUEL MATSHAYA

Service Number: N/23668
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 25 April 1943

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JOHANNESBURG (NEWCLARE) CEMETERY

Mil. Sec. Grave 3.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of James and Liza Matshaya, of Jagersfontein, Orange Free State.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF MY BELOVED SON
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Buried or commemorated at

JOHANNESBURG (NEWCLARE) CEMETERY
Gauteng South Africa
Number of casualties: 110
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