In Memory Of
VAN DER MERWE, HENDRIK DE VILLIERS
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1924-08-09
Service No:
152726V
Rank:
Signalman
Regiment:
South African Corps of Signals
Former Regiment:
attd. Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-06-23
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when he stepped on a "S" mine, during the advance on Sarteano
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, D, 9.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Jan Hendrik of Cape Town and Antoinette Magdelena van der Merwe, of Vereeniging, Transvaal. Born Durbanville, Cape Province. A scholar. He was unmarried.
