In Memory Of

ORFFER, JOHANNES FRANCOIS

Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1920-08-30
Service No:
84179
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-10-24
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in the vicinity of El Makh Khad during the opening stages of the advance and attack at El Alamein
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
VI. C. 5.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Peter Daniel and Sophia Maria Elizabeth Orffer, of 34 Blackwood Road, Primrose, Germiston. Born Germiston. A skipman at "Nourse Mines". He was unmarried.