I am looking for any information on Louis Valentine de Villiers who was born in South Africa 1870/80s, possibly in Paarl or Wynberg and then moved to New Zealand prior to WW1 when he enlisted in the NZ Army 1914, married 1916 and died 1918.
(Parents possibly John Henry de Villiers & Maria Haveland.)
His Next of Kin in 1914 was listed as a : Miss Evelyn de Villiers of Daarl (Paarl?), Cape Colony, South Africa.
(Possibly a sister?)
Any leads would be appreciated.
Regards,
John
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1914.
Roll of New Zealand expeditionary Force 1914. (Ancestry.com).
Reg No: 6/827. Private Louis Valentine De Villiers. Main body of draft in the Canterbury Unit of the Infantry Battalion. Single. Address: Southbrook. Military district: Canterbury.
Next is a kin: Miss Evelyn de Villiers of Daarl, Cape Colony, South Africa.
(Daarl may in fact be Paarl, Cape Colony, S.Africa as I cannot locate a Daarl in S Africa)
1915.
New Zealander casualty list WW 1.
Reg No: 6/827. Private de Villiers. L. V. Date: 7.5.1915. Casualty List Number : 9.
Force: Main Body.
1916. Marriage Record , New Zealand
Marriage Reg No: 1916/6766. Louis Valentine De Villiers & Evelyn May Jeffery.
1918.
New Zealand Roll of Honour World War I. Died after discharge list.
6/827. De Villiers, Louis. V. Corporal. Canterbury Regiment. Died: 16th of November 1918.