In Memory Of
MARTENS, JACOBUS JOSHUA FRANCOIS
Service Details
Age:
31
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
1703
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Regiment:
Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-01-28
Cause of Death:
Killed whilst a POW. On 28 January 1944 the United States Air Force bombed a POW train on a bridge near Allerona, Italy. It was carrying Allied servicemen from PG Camp 54, Fara in Sabina, to Germany
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 121.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Johannes C. and Catherina E. Martens; husband of Olive M. Martens, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
