Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER WESTHUYSEN
Given Name:
 JACOBUS NEL
Initials:
 J N
Service No:
 232702V
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-10-13
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Date of Birth:
 1924-10-07
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during the attack on Mount Stanco, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Izak Petrus and Dr. Katharina Francisca Elizabeth (nee van der Merwe) van der Westhuysen, of Hope Street, Calvinia, Cape Province. Born Brandvlei, Calvinia, Cape Province. Educated Paarl Boys High School 1937 ? 1941; University of Cape Town 1942. A first year BA student before enlistment. Commemoration stone in Calvinia Main Cemetery, Northern Cape. His surname is written as van der WESTHUIZEN in the Paarl history book & the UCT WWII Memorial booklet incorrectly.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, A, 18.

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