Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 HENDRIK DE VILLIERS
Initials:
 H D V
Service No:
 152726V
Rank:
 Signalman
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Regiment:
 South African Corps of Signals
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Former Regiment:
 attd. Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1944-06-23
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Date of Birth:
 1924-08-09
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when he stepped on a "S" mine, during the advance on Sarteano
Additional
Information:
Son of Jan Hendrik of Cape Town and Antoinette Magdelena van der Merwe, of Vereeniging, Transvaal. Born Durbanville, Cape Province. A scholar. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, D, 9.

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