Service Details
Name:
 SMIT
Given Name:
 GERT WILLEM ALBERTUS
Initials:
 G W A
Service No:
 108097V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-16
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Date of Birth:
 1919-08-10
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the attack on Monte Sole and Monte Abelle in the vicinity of La Quercia, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Matthys L. and Alberth J. Smit; husband of Irene Smit, of Plumstead, Cape Town.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, D, 1.

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