Service Details
Name:
 NORTJE
Given Name:
 WILLIAM JOHANNES
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 105483
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 2 Field Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-13
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Date of Birth:
 1906-07-21
Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the German advance that preceded the Fall of Tobruk eight days later
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles H. and Susan M. Nortje; husband of Annie K. Nortje, of 201 Jeppe Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Burghersdorp, Cape Province. A vulcaniser. He had no children.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2. E. 17.

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