Service Details
Name:
 DE KLERK
Given Name:
 JOHN LOUIS
Initials:
 J L
Service No:
 585868V
Rank:
 Ordinary Seaman
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S.A.S. Barcross
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Date of Death:
 1944-05-04
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Date of Birth:
 1923-04-19
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, at Wynberg Military Hospital. He fractured his skull when he fell off a ladder while painting the ships side, in the Cape Town Dry Dock.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. de Klerk, of 6 Buckingham Rd, Kensington, Johannesburg. Born Port Elizabeth. A clerk.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Mil. Allotment. Grave 95994B.

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