Service Details
Name:
 NEL
Given Name:
 BAREND GERHARDUS
Initials:
 B G
Service No:
 173736V
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-18
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Date of Birth:
 1919-11-22
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by enemy artillery barrage when "B" Coy was forming up to relieve "A" Coy in the vicinity of Monte Bagno at about 1545 on 18 September 1944
Additional
Information:
Son of Renier and B. G. Nel, of Vaalbosbult, P.O. Hessie, Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal. Born in Schweizer-Reneke. A farmer. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, B, 3.

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