Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 WILLEM JACOBUS
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 15504
Rank:
 Constable
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Regiment:
 South African Police
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Unit:
 Upington
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Date of Death:
 1940-07-07
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Date of Birth:
 1908-03-19
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Stabbed in stomach while attempting to arrest suspect - Hans Danster - on suspicion of stock theft and assault on the police.
Additional
Information:
ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 KAKAMAS DUTCH REFORMED CEMETERY
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