In Memory Of
VAN DER AU, WILLIAM ERNEST
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1917-07-01
Service No:
32107V
Rank:
Trooper
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly Transvaal Scottish
Date of Death:
1944-09-21
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, mine wounds, face, both eyes, chest and arms. He was wounded while attempting to lift a booby trapped teller mine near Galciano, Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. A. 9.
Cemetery:
AREZZO WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Frederick Charles and Johanna Georgina van der Au, of Loveday Street, Clifton, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Johannesburg. A tram conductor by profession
