Service Details
Name:
MARAIS
Given Name:
JOHN JAMES
Initials:
J J
Service No:
P1/42131
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
South African Air Force
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Unit:
1 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1954-10-08
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Date of Birth:
1929-08-02
Age:
25
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, De Havilland Vampire FB 9 #233, aircraft crashed on the farm of Mr. D. J. Opperman in the Rietfontein area, between Krugersdorp and Pretoria
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. J. Marais, of Malvern, Johannesburg. Born Transvaal. He was unmarried. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
South Africa
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Locality:
Gauteng
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Cemetery:
THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
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