In Memory Of

COETZER, JOHN JACOBUS

Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1918-03-30
Service No:
103000
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
1 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1941-02-21
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, shot down by flak at Masawa, in Hawker Hurricane Mk I #V7658
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
2. E. 6.
Cemetery:
ASMARA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Eritrea
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. D. Coetzer, of Tarkastad, Cape Province, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Tarkastad Cemetery. He achieved a total of 2 air victories, 1 shared victory, destroyed two planes on the ground himself and shared in the destroy of 15 others on the ground.