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Private JAN THYS

Service Number: C/288654
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cape Corps, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1942

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

IV. A. 14.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 3 Field Regt. South African Artillery
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Dirk and Lenah Thys, of Louisvale Road Station, Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription THY FLESH COULD THEY DESTROY, MY SON, BUT THY SOUL, SHALL THEY NEVER
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