Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 WILLEM JACOBUS
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 591877V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-16
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Date of Birth:
 1926-09-19
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the attack on Monte Caprara, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Sarel Johannes and Alleta Johana van der Merwe, of Lilian Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg, Transvaal. Born Germiston. A clicker before he enlisted.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, D, 19.

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