Service Details
Name:
 DE JAGER
Given Name:
 LOURENS JACOB
Initials:
 L J
Service No:
 103358V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 34 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-03-25
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Date of Birth:
 1916-02-07
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria
Additional
Information:
Son of Jan Louis Venter and Anna Catherina (nee du Plessis) de Jager. Husband of May Hendriet (nee Loubser) de Jager, of Nigel, Transvaal; they had 3 young children. Born Petrusville, Philipstown, Cape Province. Educated Paarl Boys High School
Commemoration
Country:
 Austria
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Cemetery:
 KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 7. D. 1-13.

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