In Memory Of

VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, JAN WILLEM

Service Details
Age:
18
Date of Birth:
1926-01-19
Service No:
282121V
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-10-17
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during the attack on Monte Pezza, Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I, C, 18.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Jasper and Maria van der Westhuizen, of Mariental, South West Africa. Born Draghoender, Prieska District, Northern Cape. A scholar. He was unmarried.