Service Details
Name:
 VAN AS
Given Name:
 BENJAMIN NICHOLAAS JOHANNES
Initials:
 B N J
Service No:
 233904V
Rank:
 Sapper
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Regiment:
 South African Engineer Corps
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Unit:
 12 Field Sqn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-05-02
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Date of Birth:
 1911-03-29
Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Died in battle accident, Dingo driven by Sergeant Dalling overturned, in the vicinity of Camposampiero, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of William White and Zacharia Gertruida Magdelina van As, of 34 Mewett Street, Ophirton, Johannesburg. Born Heilbron, Orange Free State. A painter at Johannesburg City Council. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VI, B, 7.

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