Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 IZAK ROELOF
Initials:
 I R
Service No:
 8946
Rank:
 Constable
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Regiment:
 South African Police
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Date of Death:
 1942-09-16
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Age:
 54
Cause of Death:
 Stabbed to death by natives, outside of the court house grounds, at Nongoma
Additional
Information:
Son of Izak Roelof and Hester Aletta van der Merwe, of Upington. Husband of Margaret Carolina van der Merwe, of Nongoma, Zululand. Born Moorreesburg, Cape Province. ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 NONGOMA AREA CEMETERY ?
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