In Memory Of

VAN DER MERWE, JOHANNES ERASMUS

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1960-12-20
Service No:
 76547991BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 3 South African Infantry Battalion
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1980-12-03
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, escorting school children to Oshakati. On the return trip to Ondangwa, they were ambushed. Their Buffel was hit by an RPG round that passed through the vehicle without detonating, but mortally wounding Johannes (Rassie) van der Merwe and Christo van Zyl
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Row C, Grave 1
Cemetery:
 STANFORD NEW CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Western Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. I. S. F. van der Merwe, of Kimberley.