Service Details
Name:
 BOTHA
Given Name:
 GERT STEPHANUS VAN DER MERWE
Initials:
 G S V D M
Service No:
 582495V
Rank:
 Signaller
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Regiment:
 South African Corps of Signals
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Unit:
 6 S.A. Armd. Div. Sigs.
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-30
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Date of Birth:
 1905-04-21
Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, shrapnel wounds to his shoulder and thigh, received 23 September 1944. He was hospitalized but died of his injuries.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Evelyn Grace Botha, of 7 Oak Ave, Primrose, Transvaal. Born Bethlehem, Orange Free State. A miner. He had 4 children.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, A, 21.

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