Son of Jan Frederick Jacobus Marais and Maria Magdalena Dorfling, of P.O. Sapkamma, District Uitenhage. Born Somerset East.
LG Sup 22 August 1918 as 133 Battery Sergeant Major 12th Citizen Battery
South African Police Memorial, Union Buildings, Pretoria (1984). https://artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes_mob.php?bldgid=14414 (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)