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Identity
Person No.
40510
Service No.
103534
First Name
Edward George
Initials
E G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Rank
Sapper
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died in vehicle accident
Additional Information
Notes

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.

Citation

***Submitted for War Grave Status to CWGC, awaiting acceptance

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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