In Memory Of
NORTJE, WILLIAM JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
35
Date of Birth:
1906-07-21
Service No:
105483
Rank:
Gunner
Unit:
2 Field Regt.
Regiment:
South African Artillery
Date of Death:
1942-06-13
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during the German advance that preceded the Fall of Tobruk eight days later
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
2. E. 17.
Cemetery:
TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of Charles H. and Susan M. Nortje; husband of Annie K. Nortje, of 201 Jeppe Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Burghersdorp, Cape Province. A vulcaniser. He had no children.