Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER WESTHUIZEN
Given Name:
 DOUW GERBRAND
Initials:
 D G
Service No:
 77114V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Regiment Botha
Date of Death:
 1944-09-16
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Date of Birth:
 1920-12-12
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when No. 2 and No. 3 Platoons were ordered to advance up Monte Bagno but were met by heavy MG fire which caused casualties so they withdrew, as per orders, realizing that a frontal attack would be costly
Additional
Information:
Son of Johannes Christiaan and Sophia Dorothea van der Westhuizen (nee Steyn), of Rietkolk, Pietersburg, Transvaal. Born Pietersburg. A farmer. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, B, 11.

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