Identity
Person No.
15607
Service No.
24214
Last Name
First Name
Elias Jacobus
Initials
E J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Cause of Death
Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
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 133.
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Elias Jacobus and Luitje Gertruida Matthee. Husband of Johanna Catharina Matthee, of Napier, Cape Province, South Africa.
Citations
Unknown
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