Identity
Person No.
26906
Service No.
22554
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Wilhelmus
Initials
J W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Military Service
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
Grave Reference
Location
Notes
Son of Johannes Wilhelmus and Maria Dorothea van Niekerk, of Ingogo, Natal, South Africa.
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