In Memory Of

NORTMAN, CHRISTIAAN HERMANUS

Service Details
Age:
 32
Date of Birth:
 1909-09-23
Service No:
 60408
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 1/2
Unit 2:
 attd. 1st Bn. South African Irish
Regiment:
 Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1941-12-09
Cause of Death:
 Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 135.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Jacobus Matines Steyn and Magrietha Susanna Gertrude Nortman, of Bedford View. Husband of Mary Magdalena Nortman (nee Viljoen), of 13a Tucker Street, Belgravia, Johannesburg. Born in Vereeniging. A boot and shoe machinist. He had 4 children, a daughter and 3 sons. Captured by the enemy on 23 November 1941.