Identity
Person No.
15607
Service No.
24214
Last Name
First Name
Elias Jacobus
Initials
E J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Elias Jacobus and Luitje Gertruida Matthee. Husband of Johanna Catharina Matthee, of Napier, Cape Province, South Africa.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project