In Memory Of
VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, JAN JOHANNES MATTHYS
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1920-09-22
Service No:
127863
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly Special Service Battalion
Date of Death:
1942-05-10
Cause of Death:
Lost in H.M. Hospital Ship Ramb IV. Injured at Tobruk (burns to his right hand and thigh)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 121.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. H. van der Westhuizen, of Johannesburg. Husband of Sarah H. van der Westhuizen, of 30 Fortesque Road, Yeoville, Johannesburg. Born in Johannesburg. Enlisted with the Special Service Battalion. He had one son.
