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Corporal GIDEON VAN ZYL

Service Number: 236832V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

General Service Corps, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 13 February 1944

Buried or commemorated at

JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY

Mil Sec. Grave 155.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Johan and Maria C. van Zyl, of Johannesburg.
  • Personal Inscription ONS DANK DIE HEER VIR 'N BIDDENDE VADER, SY BEDE EN DADE LEEF VOORT
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Buried or commemorated at

JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
Gauteng South Africa
Number of casualties: 646
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