In Memory Of
VAN NIEKERK, WILLEM JACOBUS MARTINUS
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1918-07-13
Service No:
1286
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-10-25
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, shrapnel wound to his left femur, received in action during an attack on the 24 October, in the vicinity of El Alamein
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XIII. B. 11.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Jacobus Gerhardus van Niekerk and Anna Magdalena (du Preez) van Niekerk, of St. Johns Street, Kokstad, Natal, South Africa. Born Kokstad. A farmer. ***He was promoted to T/Cpl on 1 Oct 1942. The headstone is incorrect
