In Memory Of
VAN DER MERWE, ANDRIES PETRUS JACOBUS
Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
142377
Rank:
Sapper
Unit:
10 Field Coy.
Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
Date of Death:
1943-12-08
Cause of Death:
Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. D. 10.
Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Andries Petrus and Susara Elizabeth van der Merwe, of P. O. Torrington, via Zeerust, Transvaal
