In Memory Of
VAN DER MERWE, WILLEM JACOBUS
Service Details
Age:
18
Date of Birth:
1926-09-19
Service No:
591877V
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1945-04-16
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during the attack on Monte Caprara, Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III, D, 19.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Sarel Johannes and Alleta Johana van der Merwe, of Lilian Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg, Transvaal. Born Germiston. A clicker before he enlisted.
