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Corporal JOHANNES BESTER

Service Number: 117900
Regiment & Unit/Ship

1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 June 1942

Age 50 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY

Mil. Allotment. Grave 96651C.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Hans G Bester and Gertruida M Bester; husband of C Bester, of Cape Town.
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Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 1489
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