Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER HOVEN
Given Name:
 WALTER FRANCIS
Initials:
 W F
Service No:
 P/12689
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery Corps
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Date of Death:
 1950-01-31
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died of poisining, procaine poisoning, at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital
Additional
Information:
Son of Francis Friendless and Anna Christina van der Hoven (nee Bernhardt), of Flora, Marquard District. He was administered the substance by a doctor at the hospital. He was unmarried and a member of the 55 Brigade Field Coy., SAA, based at Potchefstroom.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 MARQUARD AREA CEMETERY ?
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