Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 CAREL JACOBUS STEPHANUS
Initials:
 C J S
Service No:
 282978V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1945-01-05
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Date of Birth:
 1925-10-03
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in action on 3 January 1945 in the vicinity of Casa Colonia, Italy. He received a gun shot wound to his right thigh and abdomen and was evacuated to hospital
Additional
Information:
Son of Carel Jacobus Stephanus and Maria Elizabeth van der Merwe, of the farm Rietfontein, Enselspruit, District Potchefstroom. Born in Potchefstroom. An apprentice electrician before enlistment.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, H, 26.

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