Service Details
Name:
 GOUWS
Given Name:
 JOHANNES STEPHANUS
Initials:
 J S
Service No:
 103275
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 40 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-03-29
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Date of Birth:
 1919-08-13
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Executed by the Nazis for his role in the Great Escape. One of the 50.
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 8 June 1944 pg. 2645
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Gouws, of Bultfontein, Orange Free State. PoW 9-Apr-42, recaptured at Lindau, murdered 29-Mar-44 by Schneider, cremated at Munich.
Commemoration
Country:
 Poland
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Cemetery:
 POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 9. A.

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