Service Details
Name:
 MARAIS
Given Name:
 JOHANNES ECKARDT OOSTHUIZEN
Initials:
 J E O
Service No:
 P/102581
Rank:
 Colonel
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 2 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-01-07
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Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Tomahawk IIB AN294, shot down by Bf109s 10 miles North of Agedabia. Possibly shot down by Gunther Steinhausen, who was credited with 40 victories, NE Agedabia
Additional
Information:
Son of Jacobus S. and Johanna H. Marais; husband of Iris Marais, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 265.

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