In Memory Of
SNYMAN, JACOBUS WILHELMUS RUDOLPH
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1916-11-09
Service No:
531
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-07-27
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in an operation in the vicinity of El Alamein. The Regiment had been tasked to lift an enemy minefield to create a gap for 69 Bde and an Armoured Bde to pass through. Casualties were inflicted by severe MG fire and artillery bombardment
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. H. 23.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Mr. Coenraad Frederick Wilhelmus Johannes and Jacoba Petronella Snyman, of Boom Street, Pietermaritzburg. Born in Estcourt, Natal. A clerk.
