In Memory Of

DUCKITT, WILLIAM JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1920-12-06
Service No:
 110193V
Rank:
 Corporal
Regiment:
 Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
 formerly 6th Mounted Regiment
Date of Death:
 1944-07-26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during engagements with enemy Tiger tanks in the vicinity of Mercatale
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 III. B. 17.
Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of John William and Helie Aletta Johanna Duckitt (nee van der Westhuizen), of "Geelbek", P.O. Darling, Cape Province. Born in Darling, Malmsbury District, Cape Province. A farmer. He was unmarried. Commemorated on Darling Presbyterian Church wall memorial