Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER AU
Given Name:
 WILLIAM ERNEST
Initials:
 W E
Service No:
 32107V
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Transvaal Scottish
Date of Death:
 1944-09-21
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Date of Birth:
 1917-07-01
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, mine wounds, face, both eyes, chest and arms. He was wounded while attempting to lift a booby trapped teller mine near Galciano, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederick Charles and Johanna Georgina van der Au, of Loveday Street, Clifton, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Johannesburg. A tram conductor by profession
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 AREZZO WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IV. A. 9.

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