In Memory Of
JOOSTE, JOHAN NICOLAAS
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
40980
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
2 Field Provost Coy.
Regiment:
South African Corps of Military Police
Date of Death:
1942-11-28
Date of Death 2:
1942-11-29
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 148.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Johan Nicolaas and Maria Gloudina Jooste, of Caledon. Born Robertson, Cape Province.
