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Private E ERASMUS

Service Number: 228323V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

VI, B, 8.

Italy

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1/6 Field Regt. South African Artillery
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Willem and Cornelia E. Erasmus, of Queenstown, Cape Province.
  • Personal Inscription SUNSHINE PASSES, SHADOWS FALL LOVE AND MEMORY OUTLIVE ALL. HIS DUTY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 502
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