Identity
Person No.
6149
Service No.
37304
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Stephanus Georg
Initials
J S G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
attd. 4 Field Regt. South African Artillery
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Johannes S. G. and Susanna E. du Preez, of Jakhalsfontein, Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal, South Africa.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project