In Memory Of
DE JAGER, LOURENS JACOB
Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
1916-02-07
Service No:
103358V
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
34 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1945-03-25
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave 7. D. 1-13.
Cemetery:
KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY
Country:
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
