In Memory Of
MARAIS, JOHN JAMES
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1929-08-02
Service No:
P1/42131
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
1 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1954-10-08
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, De Havilland Vampire FB 9 #233, aircraft crashed on the farm of Mr. D. J. Opperman in the Rietfontein area, between Krugersdorp and Pretoria
Commemoration
Cemetery:
THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. J. J. Marais, of Malvern, Johannesburg. Born Transvaal. He was unmarried. ref. 85 years of SAAF