In Memory Of
STRYDOM, JACOBUS JOHANNES STEPHANUS
Service Details
Age:
53
Date of Birth:
1890-07-16
Service No:
1542
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment:
Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-01-28
Cause of Death:
Killed whilst a POW. On 28 January 1944 the United States Air Force bombed a POW train on a bridge near Allerona, Italy. It was carrying Allied servicemen from PG Camp 54, Fara in Sabina, to Germany
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 120.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Wynand Wilhelm and Anna Frederika (nee Nel) Strydom. Husband of Rose Isobel (nee Prescott-Green) Strydom