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Identity
Person No.
6178
Service No.
82191
Last Name
Du Toit 128
First Name
Gerhardus Johannes Lodewikus
Initials
G J L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1923 (±1 yr) 540
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
13 July 1942 123
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Regiment Botha 122
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
2nd 452
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY 528
Grave Reference
IV. F. C. 1
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 OSM
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Grave
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Grave
On the panel
IV. F. C.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Regiment Botha, formed 1 April 1934 at Ermelo. Active Citizen Force; 2nd Bn served North Africa 1941-42, renamed Regiment Christiaan Beyers 1951; called Regiment Pongola 1960-1966. Renamed General Botha Regiment 2019.
Notes

Son of Johannes Francois and Johanna Catharina (nee Grobler) du Toit, of Groot Marico, Transvaal, South Africa.

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