Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER WALT
Given Name:
 HENDRIK WILLEM
Initials:
 H W
Service No:
 23374V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-23
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Date of Birth:
 1921-07-27
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a mortar and shell bombardment in the vicinity of Montale. The Battalion was getting ready to be relieved by RNC when they were subjected to 4 heavy bombardments of 10 minutes each
Additional
Information:
Son of Nicolaas and Catharina Maria Margaritha van der Walt (nee Buitendag), of 131, 7th Avenue, Roodepoort, Transvaal. Born in Benoni. A carpenter. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, B, 16.

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