Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 PIETER SCHALK
Initials:
 P S
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 14th Mounted Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1914-11-17
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Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot by rebels on Farm Ongizund
Additional
Information:
Son of Johannes Petrus and Johanna Christina van der Merwe. Husband of Hester Jacomina van der Merwe, of Senekal. Born Bankfontein, Senekal. A barber. ***Might be SAMR and 21 November 1914. ref. Gallantry Awards to the South Africa Police
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 SENEKAL OLD CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Mil. Plot 6.

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