Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER WESTHUIZEN
Given Name:
 JAN JOHANNES MATTHYS
Initials:
 J J M
Service No:
 127863
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Special Service Battalion
Date of Death:
 1942-05-10
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Date of Birth:
 1920-09-22
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Lost in H.M. Hospital Ship Ramb IV. Injured at Tobruk (burns to his right hand and thigh)
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. H. van der Westhuizen, of Johannesburg. Husband of Sarah H. van der Westhuizen, of 30 Fortesque Road, Yeoville, Johannesburg. Born in Johannesburg. Enlisted with the Special Service Battalion. He had one son.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 121.

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