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Van Der Merwe, Andries Petrus Jacobus (A P J)

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Identity
Person No.
26605
Service No.
142377
First Name
Andries Petrus Jacobus
Initials
A P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Military Service
Death Record
Cause of Death
Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars
Grave Reference
Location
Locality
Unknown
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Andries Petrus and Susara Elizabeth van der Merwe, of P. O. Torrington, via Zeerust, Transvaal

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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