Died in Aircraft Accident, Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3593, 3 crew (2 RAF), control lost during stall demonstration and crashed 10 miles west of Pietersburg
Son of Jacobus Martinus and Cecilia Johanna du Pre; husband of Nicoleen M. du Pre, of Andalusia. Commemoration stone in Pretoria (Rebecca Street) Cemetery. His brother also died in service