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Identity
Person No.
26660
Service No.
591877V
Last Name
Van Der Merwe 128
First Name
Willem Jacobus
Initials
W J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1927 (±1 yr) 101
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
16 April 1945 145
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, during the attack on Monte Caprara, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 151
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY 401
Grave Reference
III, D, 19. 1
Coordinates
44.14397, 11.16183 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Witwatersrand Rifles, formed 1 May 1903. Active Citizen Force regiment through WWI/WWII/Border War (1970-1994 Border War operations). Renamed Bambatha Rifles 2019. Needs further research on Regiment de la Rey naming/merger history.
Notes

Son of Sarel Johannes and Alleta Johana van der Merwe, of Lilian Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg, Transvaal. Born Germiston. A clicker before he enlisted.

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