E.P. “Dett” Van Niekerk

Rifleman · SR599043 / RH18000044

Rank	Rifleman
Service number	SR599043 / RH18000044
Known as	“Dett”

What this roll records

DUPLICATE RECORDS MERGED. THE ROLL HELD THIS MAN THREE TIMES. Van Niekerk is the correct Afrikaans form; the two discarded entries are the same name with the “Van” lost and a vowel swapped. Merged from: “Neikerk, E.P.”; “Niekerk, E.P.”.

Additional service number(s) from Rhodesia roll: RH18000044. Source: Rhodesia Nominal Roll (Brendan O’Carroll).

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Where this comes from

AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
Added from IWM 1945 roll (LRDG Association member). Source: IWM Nominal Roll, LRDG Association, July 1945 (Imperial War Museum).
Listed in the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.

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