Service Details
Name:
 VAN WYK
Given Name:
 CASPER JAN HENDRIK
Initials:
 C J H
Service No:
 8681
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Former Regiment:
 First City
Date of Death:
 1942-04-14
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Date of Birth:
 1917-06-27
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Missing in action, following an armoured attack on the enemy positions in the vicinity of Gazala
Additional
Information:
Son of Stephanes J. and Jacomina A. J. van Wyk, of Jacob Street, Boshoff, Orange Free State. Born in Boshoff. A Farm Bailiff at the Mental Hospital in Grahamstown.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 119.

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