In Memory Of
DU PREEZ, JOHANNES STEPHANUS GEORG
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1920-12-26
Service No:
37304
Rank:
Corporal
Unit 2:
attd. 4 Field Regt. South African Artillery
Regiment:
South African Medical Corps
Date of Death:
1943-12-08
Cause of Death:
Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. E. 16.
Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Johannes Stephanus George and Susanna Elizabeth du Preez, of Jakhalsfontein, Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal
