In Memory Of

DE KLERK, JOHN LOUIS

Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1923-04-19
Service No:
585868V
Rank:
Ordinary Seaman
Unit:
H.M.S.A.S. Barcross
Regiment:
South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
1944-05-04
Cause of Death:
Died of injuries, at Wynberg Military Hospital. He fractured his skull when he fell off a ladder while painting the ships side, in the Cape Town Dry Dock.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Mil. Allotment. Grave 95994B.
Cemetery:
CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY
Localitly:
Western Cape
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. de Klerk, of 6 Buckingham Rd, Kensington, Johannesburg. Born Port Elizabeth. A clerk.