Service Details
Name:
 VAN ROOYEN
Given Name:
 WILLIAM JOHN
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 SR/598417V
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-15
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Date of Birth:
 1920-04-12
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when his Stuart tank was hit by 6 rounds of 50mm AP. This was in the vicinity of Orveito, near the River Paglia
Additional
Information:
Husband of Luisa Elizabeth van Rooyen, c/o Bardwells Printers, Baker Street, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Born Que Que, Southern Rhodesia. A miner fitter.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, F, 19.

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