In Memory Of
DE VILLIERS, COLIN MURRAY
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1917-11-07
Service No:
110674V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Regiment:
Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly 6th Mounted Regiment
Date of Death:
1945-04-21
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when his tank was hit by bazooka fire, SW of Bologna. They were advancing toward Bologna, east of the railway line, past the aerodrome
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
VI, C, 6.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Daniel Gabriel and Anna Francina Hester de Villiers (nee Verster), of Donkin Street, Beaufort West, Cape Province. Born in Beaufort West. A farmer at "De Hoop", P.O. Rhenosterkop, C.P. He was unmarried and had 3 brothers.
