Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 SCHALK WILLEM
Initials:
 S W
Service No:
 102821V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 41 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-05-30
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Curtis Kittyhawk Mk I #5008, crashed near St. Albans
Additional
Information:
Son of Izak and Tilly van der Merwe, of Alexander Bay, Cape Province.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Mil. Allotment. Grave 96919C.

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