Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER SPUY
Given Name:
 JOHN ROBERT
Initials:
 J R
Service No:
 78571
Rank:
 Lance Bombardier
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Unit:
 3 Field Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1943-08-27
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Date of Birth:
 1921-05-15
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died at Baronne Hospital, Foggia, Italy, whilst a POW
Additional
Information:
Son of Albert John Cloete and Olga Joan Stuart van der Spuy; grandson of Mrs. Johanna Lavinia Bertram, of Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Johannesburg. A lineman for Victoria Falls Power Company Ltd.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 114.

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