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Lieutenant D A J SWANSON

Service Number: 78877V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1945

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

III, D, 14.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Donald and Zelie Swanson; husband of Sheila L. Swanson, of Rosebank, Johannesburg, Transvaal.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 502
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