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Stoker WALTER RUITERS

Service Number: CN/72081
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Naval Forces

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1942

Age 54 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALDANHA PUBLIC CEMETERY

Non European Block. Grave 617.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Ruiters; husband of E Ruiters, of Port Elizabeth.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
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Buried or commemorated at

SALDANHA PUBLIC CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 4
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