In Memory Of
VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, DOUW GERBRAND
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1920-12-12
Service No:
77114V
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly Regiment Botha
Date of Death:
1944-09-16
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when No. 2 and No. 3 Platoons were ordered to advance up Monte Bagno but were met by heavy MG fire which caused casualties so they withdrew, as per orders, realizing that a frontal attack would be costly
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III, B, 11.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Johannes Christiaan and Sophia Dorothea van der Westhuizen (nee Steyn), of Rietkolk, Pietersburg, Transvaal. Born Pietersburg. A farmer. He was unmarried.
