In Memory Of
MARAIS, JOHANNES ECKARDT OOSTHUIZEN
Service Details
Age:
35
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
P/102581
Rank:
Colonel
Unit:
2 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-01-07
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 265.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Jacobus S. and Johanna H. Marais; husband of Iris Marais, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
