Benjamin Jurgens Vosloo (1908 - 1941)

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Died 9 Dec 1941 at age 33 in Presumed at sea

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Biography

Research Note

1. I am still resourcing and working on this profile. Biography will be completed when all possible resources have been investigated

2. : 8 March 2024- No baptism found yet during this round of research

Union Defence Force 1912 - 1957, World War II South African Army, Q Service Corps.

Benjamin Jurgens Vosloo is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Warrant Officer 2 Benjamin Jurgens Vosloo Died in Service during served in WWII.

Birth

Name: Benjamin Jurgens Vosloo ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Event Date: 29 April 1908 ^[5]

Event Place: Cape Province ^[1]

Father's Name: Johannes Jacobus Lodewicus Vosloo ^[5]

Mother's Name: Johanna Maria Wilhelmina Botha ^[5]

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Marriage

Groom: Benjamin Jurgens Vosloo ^[1]

Age: 23 years ^[1]

Groom Marital Status: Bachelor ^[1]

Bride: Lorna May Munro ^[1]

Age: 18 years ^[1]

Bride Marital Status: Spinster ^[1]

Event Date: 23 May 1931 ^[1]

Event Place: East Londen, Cape Province, Union of South Africa ^[1]

Witnesses: H Munro (Bride's Father) EM Munro (Bride's Mother) ^[1]

Military Info

Force number: 113030 ^{[3] [4]}

Rank: WO2 ^{[3] [4]}

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

Names: B. J. ^{[3] [4]}

Regiment: Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces ^{[3] [4]}

Unit: attd. H.Q. 5th South African Inf. Bde ^{[3] [4]}

Additional info: Son of Johannes J. and Johanna W. Vosloo; husband of Lorna M. Vosloo, of Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa. ^{[3] [4]}

Cemetery: El Alamein war Memorial, ^[3]

Death

Event Date: 9 December 1941^[2]

Occupation: Soldier ^[2]

Number: 113030 ^[2]

Rank: Warrant Officer 2 ^[2]

Event Place: Presumed at sea ^[2]

Cause of Death: Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason). ^{[3] [4]}

Grave

Event Place: El Alamein Memorial, Column 142. ^[4]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} "South Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Archives Records, 1792-1992", FamilySearch Marriage Record of Benjamin Jurgens Vosloo and Lorna May Munro, 23 May 1931: Mon Nov 13 18:59:18 UTC 2023, Entry for Benjamin Jurgens Vosloo and Lorna May Munro, 23 May 1931. Seen and entered March 8, 2024, by Adéle Vorstman
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989", FamilySearch Certificate of Death on Service with the Union Defence Forces of Benjamin Jurgens Vosloo, 9 December 1941: Wed Oct 25 14:32:23 UTC 2023, Entry for Benjamin Jurgens Vosloo, 1942. Seen and entered March 8, 2024, by Adéle Vorstman
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} South African War Graves Project Memorial of Benjamin Jurgens Vosloo Seen and entered Mar,2024 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9} Commonwealth War Graves Memorial of B. J. Vosloo Seen and entered Mar 2024 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Unsourced family tree handed down to Adéle Vorstman

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.

• Wikipedia First Battle, History

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