In Memory Of
VAN DER POEL, BENJAMIN LAMBERTUS
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1919-03-21
Service No:
180915V
Rank:
Corporal
Regiment:
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-11-15
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received a shrapnel wound in his back on 20 October in the vicinity of Colonia and was admitted to hospital. He failed to respond to treatment and was placed on the Dangerous Injury list on 31 October. He died on the 15 November
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. A. 11.
Cemetery:
AREZZO WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Cornelius A. and Maria E. van der Poel, of Witbank, Transvaal, South Africa.
