Service Details
Name:
 BURGER
Given Name:
 WILLEM ABRAHAM
Initials:
 W A
Service No:
 62507
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1/2
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Unit 2:
 attd. H.Q. 5th South African Inf. Bde.
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Date of Death:
 1941-08-02
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Date of Birth:
 1899-06-12
Age:
 42
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by an enemy bomb
Additional
Information:
Husband of Anna Margarita Burger, of 40, 16th Street, Vrededorp. Born Carnarvon, Cape Province. A compositor for S. Dyne & Co, in Fordsburg, Johannesburg. He had 7 children.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XXVIII. H. 6.

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