In Memory Of
RAATH, JOHN FREDERICK GORDON
Service Details
Age:
18
Date of Birth:
1923-02-15
Service No:
181368
Rank:
Private
Unit:
3rd Bn.
Regiment:
Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1941-12-09
Cause of Death:
Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason). He was posted to the Transvaal Scottish from the SATC on 15 October 1941. He was posted as missing on 11 December 1941 and was later confirmed as being a POW.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 128.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of John Frederik Raath and Mary Violet Raath (nee Gordon), of Crosby, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Ladysmith, Natal. A page boy.
