In Memory Of
VAN NIEKERK, DOUGLAS
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1922-01-08
Service No:
243136V
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-07-18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, as a result of enemy shelling of the roads north of Radda, Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XI. E. 5.
Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Isaac A. and Johanna M. Scholtz, of Bizana, Cape Province, South Africa. Born in Cedarville. A taxi driver before enlistment.
