Identity
Person No.
6149
Service No.
37304
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Stephanus Georg
Initials
J S G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars
Military Service
Branch
Medical Health
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Attached To
Notes
Son of Johannes S. G. and Susanna E. du Preez, of Jakhalsfontein, Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal, South Africa.
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