Service Details
Name:
 BIRCH
Given Name:
 JOHN VYVYAN
Initials:
 J V
Service No:
 9470
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Die Middelandse Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1943-01-23
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Date of Birth:
 1916-04-18
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died of amoebic dysentery, whilst a POW, at Caserta. He had been captured on the 14 June 1942 and shipped to Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Ernest Vincent and Mildred Elizabeth Birch of "Vogelvlei", Dordrecht District, Cape Province. Husband of Kathleen Florence Birch (nee Hartley), of Table Hill, Dordrecht. Born in Queenstown. A farmer. He had one daughter.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASERTA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VII, A, 11.

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