Identity
Person No.
15238
Service No.
1703
Last Name
First Name
Jacobus Joshua Francois
Initials
J J F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Killed whilst a POW. On 28 January 1944 the United States Air Force bombed a POW train on a bridge near Allerona, Italy. It was carrying Allied servicemen from PG Camp 54, Fara in Sabina, to Germany
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Column 121.
Unit History
Notes
Son of Johannes C. and Catherina E. Martens; husband of Olive M. Martens, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
Citations
Unknown
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