In Memory Of
VAN DER MERWE, NICOLAAS JACOBUS
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1960-09-24
Service No:
76504810BG
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
1 Special Service Battalion
Regiment:
South African Armoured Corps
Date of Death:
1980-07-18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, while on patrol within 10 km from Ondangwa. Their Armour troop surprised Swapo that morning in a chana. Nic was killed while directing fire from the turret of his armoured car. 9 Swapo killed and 2 taken POW
Commemoration
Cemetery:
BOKSBURG CEMETERY
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Nicolaas Jacobus and Cornelia Wilhelmina Van Niekerk van der Merwe
