In Memory Of
BOTHA, HERTZOG
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
1889
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
1st Bn.
Regiment:
Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1943-12-08
Cause of Death:
Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. G. 12.
Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Cornelius Johannes and Hester Susanna (nee Marx) Botha. Born Lushington, Stockenstroom
