Service Details
Name:
 VAN NIEKERK
Given Name:
 WILLEM JACOBUS MARTINUS
Initials:
 W J M
Service No:
 1286
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-25
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Date of Birth:
 1918-07-13
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, shrapnel wound to his left femur, received in action during an attack on the 24 October, in the vicinity of El Alamein
Additional
Information:
Son of Jacobus Gerhardus van Niekerk and Anna Magdalena (du Preez) van Niekerk, of St. Johns Street, Kokstad, Natal, South Africa. Born Kokstad. A farmer. ***He was promoted to T/Cpl on 1 Oct 1942. The headstone is incorrect
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XIII. B. 11.

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