Service Details
Name:
 VAN NIEKERK
Given Name:
 THEODOR
Initials:
 T
Service No:
 193286
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Engineer Corps
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Unit:
 8 Field Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1942-12-19
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Committed suicide, bullet wound, self inflicted, on the bluff, Durban
Additional
Information:
Son of Dr. Jan Antonie van Niekerk and Elizabeth (nee Grobbelaar) van Niekerk, of 107, Amos Street, Colbyn, Pretoria. Born Ermelo, Eastern Transvaal. Educated CBC Pretoria, Mount Edmund. An architect. Commemorated on WWII Memorial at the Union Buildings, Pretoria
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Block F. Grave 301.

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