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Gunner BAREND D. SMIDT

Service Number: 232776
Regiment & Unit/Ship

1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 November 1943

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

3. E. 1.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Barend D. Smidt and Elizabeth M. Smidt.
  • Personal Inscription ONS SWYG O HEER DIT WAS U WIL
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Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 947
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