Service Details
Name:
 DE VILLIERS
Given Name:
 COLIN MURRAY
Initials:
 C M
Service No:
 110674V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 6th Mounted Regiment
Date of Death:
 1945-04-21
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Date of Birth:
 1917-11-07
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when his tank was hit by bazooka fire, SW of Bologna. They were advancing toward Bologna, east of the railway line, past the aerodrome
Additional
Information:
Son of Daniel Gabriel and Anna Francina Hester de Villiers (nee Verster), of Donkin Street, Beaufort West, Cape Province. Born in Beaufort West. A farmer at "De Hoop", P.O. Rhenosterkop, C.P. He was unmarried and had 3 brothers.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VI, C, 6.

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