Service Details
Name:
 DE WET
Given Name:
 CHARLES HERRICK
Initials:
 C H
Service No:
 283831
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-10-22
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Date of Birth:
 1927-03-25
Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, brain injuries. He was a spectator at an amusement park at Wanderers. A man slipped from the rotating swings and fell among the spectators, injuring de Wet.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. I. de Wet, of Beesdam, Vryburg District. He was on weekend pass and staying with his aunt, Mrs. B. U. Purchase, 2nd Ave, Melville, Johannesburg.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Mil. Sec. Grave 259.

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