Service Details
Name:
 VAN NIEKERK
Given Name:
 FRANS SMEER
Initials:
 F S
Service No:
 225969V
Rank:
 Sergeant
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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:
 1945-07-05
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Age:
 44
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 19 July 1945 pg. 3746
Additional
Information:
Son of Barend Phillipus and Alida Maria Aletta van Niekerk, of Kenhardt, Cape Province. Husband of Luitje Maria van Niekerk, of Pretoria, Transvaal.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VI, K, 1.

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