Identity
Person No.
26540
Service No.
195776
Last Name
First Name
Andries Jacobus
Initials
A J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
37
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Proposed / National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Operation
Operation
Dates
1942-06-20 to 1942-06-21
About
Fall of Tobruk (June 1942). Large numbers of 2nd South African Division, including South African Police Brigade personnel, were taken prisoner. Stegmann’s Lights of Freedom covers capture and the subsequent POW voyage.
Notes
Son of Jan A. van den Berg and Martha Jacomina van den Berg; husband of Hendrina Sophia van den Berg, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
Died 2 Aug 1942 on the Italian ship Rosalina Pilo whilst a POW (1st South African Police). George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom) records that on 2 August, the day after leaving Benghazi, “van der Linde of A. Company” died and the body was taken ashore at Tripoli — same date and Police A/1st Bn POW voyage; memoir notes some names were changed.
Research notes
Stegmann, George. The Lights of Freedom. Just Done Productions / Lulu, 2007 (ISBN 978-1-920169-48-0).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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South African Police Memorial
open source ↗
South African Police Memorial, Union Buildings, Pretoria (1984).
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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Stegmann — The Lights of Freedom
open source ↗
POW voyage Benghazi–Tripoli / Rosalina Pilo, 2 Aug 1942
Stories 1
Lance Corporal Andries Jacobus Van Den Berg, 1st South African Police, died on 2 August 1942 on the Rosalina Pilo while a prisoner of war after the fall of Tobruk.
George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom), himself a Tobruk POW on the Benghazi–Tripoli voyage, writes that on 2 August “van der Linde of A. Company” died and was put ashore at Tripoli. Given the author’s note that some names were changed, this is a strong date/unit/voyage match.
George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom), himself a Tobruk POW on the Benghazi–Tripoli voyage, writes that on 2 August “van der Linde of A. Company” died and was put ashore at Tripoli. Given the author’s note that some names were changed, this is a strong date/unit/voyage match.
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