Service Details
Name:
 DU PREEZ
Given Name:
 JOHANNES STEPHANUS GEORG
Initials:
 J S G
Service No:
 37304
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Medical Corps
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Unit 2:
 attd. 4 Field Regt. South African Artillery
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Date of Death:
 1943-12-08
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Date of Birth:
 1920-12-26
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars.
Additional
Information:
Son of Johannes Stephanus George and Susanna Elizabeth du Preez, of Jakhalsfontein, Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. E. 16.

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