In Memory Of
GOUWS, JOHANNES STEPHANUS
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1919-08-13
Service No:
103275
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
40 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-03-29
Cause of Death:
Executed by the Nazis for his role in the Great Escape. One of the 50.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave 9. A.
Cemetery:
POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
Country:
Poland
Additional Information
Decorations:
Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
LG Sup 8 June 1944 pg. 2645
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Gouws, of Bultfontein, Orange Free State. PoW 9-Apr-42, recaptured at Lindau, murdered 29-Mar-44 by Schneider, cremated at Munich.
