In Memory Of
OOSTHUIZEN, JACOBUS JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
115275
Rank:
Sapper
Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
Date of Death:
1942-11-28
Date of Death 2:
1942-11-29
Cause of Death:
Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 140.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Johannes Jacobus and Hester Elizabeth Oosthuizen, of Boksburg North. Husband of M. M. Oosthuizen, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Born District Boshoff, Dealesville, Orange Free State. A painter.
