Service Details
Name:
 BESTER
Given Name:
 GIDEON CHRISTIAAN MATTHYS
Initials:
 G C M
Service No:
 73451
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 1 A.A. Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1943-04-02
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died of ulcero caseous infiltration apex lungs tuberculosis, whilst a POW, at Caserta Hospital
Additional
Information:
Son of Johannes Jacobus Barend and Helie Aletta Bester, of Malmesbury, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASERTA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, E, 8.

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