Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER WESTHUIZEN
Given Name:
 GERT STEPHANUS
Initials:
 G S
Service No:
 206719
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-12-16
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, flak, in Douglas Boston Mk III
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. van der Westhuizen, of Fochville, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 268.

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