In Memory Of
NEL, BAREND GERHARDUS
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1919-11-22
Service No:
173736V
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Regiment:
Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
Date of Death:
1944-09-18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, by enemy artillery barrage when "B" Coy was forming up to relieve "A" Coy in the vicinity of Monte Bagno at about 1545 on 18 September 1944
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III, B, 3.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Renier and B. G. Nel, of Vaalbosbult, P.O. Hessie, Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal. Born in Schweizer-Reneke. A farmer. He was unmarried.
