In Memory Of

VAN DER MERWE, EDWARD GEORGE

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1956-06-29
Service No:
 103534
Rank:
 Sapper
Unit:
 2 Squadron
Regiment:
 Rhodesian Corps of Engineers
Date of Death:
 1979-01-19
Cause of Death:
 Died in vehicle accident
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Bulawayo
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Son of Willem Stephanus and Maria (nee Meyer) van der Merwe. Born in Gwelo, Rhodesia. He finished his education at Mafeking high school in South Africa. He spent his formative years growing up in Zambia and Botswana as his father was a railway worker. Edward worked on a mine at Chakari in central Rhodesia and did call up duty in the Engineers on a regular basis. Much loved and sorely missed. - from Tony van der Merwe 2015. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.