Theunis Jacobus Petrus Botha (abt. 1920 - 1942)

Ancestors

Died 27 Feb 1942 at about age 22 in Libya

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Biography

Theunis Jacobus Petrus Botha was Killed in Action during World War II.

LEST WE FORGET

Theunis Jacobus Petrus Botha is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Name: Theunis Jacobus Petrus Botha ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Event Date: about 1920 ^{[3] [4]}

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Father's Name: Theodorus Ernust Botha ^[5]

Mother’s Name: Hester Sophia Botha ^[5]

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Military Info

Force number: 103560 ^{[3] [4]}

Rank: Lieutenant ^{[3] [4]}

Surname: Botha ^{[3] [4]}

Names: T. J. P. ^{[3] [4]}

Regiment: South African Air Force ^{[3] [4]}

Unit: 24 Sqn ^{[3] [4]}

Cemetery: Tobruk war cemetery, South African War Graves Project ^[3]

Date of death: 27 February 1942 ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Certificate of Death on Service

Event Date: 27 February 1942^[1]

Death

Event Date: 27 February 1942 ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Age: 22 years and 11 months ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Event Place: Hoopstad^[2]

Cause of death: Killed in action, Douglas Boston Mk III #Z2175, shot down by Bf109s near Bir el Baheira ^{[3] [4]}

Register of Estate

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Grave

Event Place: Commemorated at Tobruk war cemetery 1. G. 30. Lybia Commonwealth War Graves Commission ^[4]

Note

El Alamein is a town on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. It’s known for a decisive 1942 WWII battle, commemorated in El Alamein War Museum with uniforms and tanks. Desert plants surround El Alamein War Cemetery’s headstones. Just outside town, the German War Memorial is a fortress-like structure with a central obelisk, built over a mass grave. The Italian War Memorial is a tower inscribed inside with names of the dead. Added by Van Heerden-335 December 2020.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch Certificate of Death on service of Theunis Jacobus Petrus Botha, 27 February 1942: 8 February 2022, > image 1 of 1; citing Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein. Added April,2021 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch Death notice of Theunis Jacobus Petrus Botha, 27 February 1942: 8 February 2022, > image 861 of 1970; citing Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein. Added April,2021 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12} South African War Graves Project Grave of Theunis Jacobus Petrus Botha Added June 29,2022 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12} Grave of Theunis Jacobus Petrus Botha Seen and entered April,2023 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Seen and entered June 29,2022 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz

• Wikipedia First Battle, History

• Wikipedia Second Battle of El Alamein Added by Van Heerden-335 December 2020.