In Memory Of
VAN NIEKERK, ISAK CORNELIS
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1917-05-19
Service No:
82197
Rank:
Rifleman
Unit:
2nd Bn.
Regiment:
Witwatersrand Rifles, S.A. Forces
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 127.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of the late Gideon J. A. and Anna M. van Niekerk, of 29th Avenue, Rietfontein, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
