Johan Joubert de Villiers (1920 - 1942)

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This profile is for the South Africans that give their lives in World War II 1939-1945.

Category: Cape Town Highlanders, South African Forces, World War II need to be created

Union Defence Force 1912 - 1957, World War II South African Army, Cape Town Highlanders.

Johan Joubert de Villiers Died in Service during served in WWII, died in 1942.

Biography

Johan Joubert de Villiers is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Name: Johan Joubert de Villiers ^{[1] [2]}

Event date: 4 July 1920 ^[1]

Event Place: Oudtshoorn ^[1]

Father's Name: Son of Mr. John Taylor and Mrs. A. F. de Villiers, of 101, Knightsbridge, Sea Point, Cape Town. Born Oudtshoorn. A bank clerk at Standard Bank. He was unmarried. ^{[1] [2]}

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Baptism

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Military Info

Force number: 14918 ^{[1] [2]}

Rank: Private ^{[1] [2]}

Surname: de Villiers ^{[1] [2]}

Names: J. J. ^{[1] [2]}

Regiment: Cape Town Highlanders, South African Forces ^{[1] [2]}

Cemetery: Egypt, El Alamein war cemetery, Coll. grave III. B. 22. ^{[1] [2]}

Death

Event Date: 14 October 1942 ^{[1] [2]}

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Cause of death: Died in Accident, 11 perished in the accident. Whilst clearing mines and transporting them to 3 South African Field Coy. It appears that one of the land mines had not been defused correctly and exploded on the back of the truck detonating the other mines and killing the 9 on the back of the truck plus the driver and passenger in the cab. ^{[1] [2]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} South African War Graves Project Grave of J. J. de Villiers Seen and entered Dec 2023 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Commonwealth War Graves Grave of J. J. de Villiers Seen and entered Dec 2023 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz

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.