Identity
Person No.
26590
Service No.
6856746
Last Name
First Name
Louis Johannes
Initials
L J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Lost in S.S. Yoma (Glasgow), Passenger/Cargo liner of 8,131 tons of the British and Burmese Steam Navigation Co., serving in the Mediterranean as an auxiliary transport. She was in convoy with the ships SS Amarapoora, Pegu, Kemmendine and Sagaing en route from Sfax to Alexandria when she was sunk by the U-81 near Derna. On board were 1,670 troops of which 451 were lost. Capt. George Patterson and 32 crew members also perished
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Barend Christoffel and Christina Jacomina Van Der Linde; husband of Emilina Van Der Linde (nee Mynhardt), of Mutambara, Southern Rhodesia. On the Melsetter, Rhodesia War Memorial
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project