In Memory Of
VILJOEN, JACOBUS SCHALK
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1916-08-22
Service No:
84686
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
RLI
Date of Death:
1942-07-06
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alamein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim. He was initially posted as Missing, believed Killed
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave XIX. F. 12-13.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Petrus C. Z. and Petronella Viljoen; husband of Anna Susanna C. Viljoen, of De Wet Street, Krugersdorp, Transvaal. Born in Bethulie, Orange Free State. A chauffeur.
