Service Details
Name:
 VAN NIEKERK
Given Name:
 DOUGLAS
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 243136V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-18
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Date of Birth:
 1922-01-08
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, as a result of enemy shelling of the roads north of Radda, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Isaac A. and Johanna M. Scholtz, of Bizana, Cape Province, South Africa. Born in Cedarville. A taxi driver before enlistment.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XI. E. 5.

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