Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 JOHN HENRY
Initials:
 J H
Service No:
 196995
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Tank Corps
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Unit:
 3rd Reconnaissance Bn.
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Former Regiment:
 South African Police Constable #18136
Date of Death:
 1942-02-07
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of Jacob Jacobus and Barbara Christina van der Merwe, of Christina, Transvaal. Born Kimberley.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 5. C. 9.

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