In Memory Of
VAN DER MERWE, CAREL JACOBUS STEPHANUS
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1925-10-03
Service No:
282978V
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1945-01-05
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received in action on 3 January 1945 in the vicinity of Casa Colonia, Italy. He received a gun shot wound to his right thigh and abdomen and was evacuated to hospital
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, H, 26.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Carel Jacobus Stephanus and Maria Elizabeth van der Merwe, of the farm Rietfontein, Enselspruit, District Potchefstroom. Born in Potchefstroom. An apprentice electrician before enlistment.
