Service Details
Name:
 NEL
Given Name:
 GERHARDUS MARTINUS MARITZ
Initials:
 G M M
Service No:
 1711V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 General Service Corps, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 attd. Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-10-28
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Date of Birth:
 1905-09-08
Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Died in motor accident, in Egypt
Additional
Information:
Son of Johannes Petrus and Magrieta Cornelia Nel. Husband of Isabella Elizabeth Nel (nee Martens), of 76 Leinster Rd, Pietermaritzburg. A farmer and a miner.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 FAYID WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 5. A. 10.

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