Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER WESTHUIZEN
Given Name:
 JAN WILLEM
Initials:
 J W
Service No:
 282121V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1944-10-17
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Date of Birth:
 1926-01-19
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the attack on Monte Pezza, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Jasper and Maria van der Westhuizen, of Mariental, South West Africa. Born Draghoender, Prieska District, Northern Cape. A scholar. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I, C, 18.

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