Scholtz, J J L

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Jacobus Johannes Lodewikus Scholtz

Family/Last name:
Scholtz
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Jacobus Johannes Lodewikus
Date of birth:
30/1/1918
Nationality:
South Africa
Service number:
SAP 198195
Military Unit:
South African Army (Union Defence Force), 6th South African Infantry Brigade
Place of capture:
North Africa
Date of capture:
21/6/1942
Camp
PG 82 Laterina
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Jacobus Johannes Lodewikus Scholtz

Camp PG 82
Surname :Scholtz
Forename : Jacobus
Service : South African Army
Number : SAP 198195

Nationality : South African

Where captured : North Africa
Kindly add the following WWII POW to your records. Koos Scholtz was my mother in Law Jacomina Christina Scholtz’s older brother and he was taken POW on 21 June 1942, at the 2nd fall of Tobruk, Libya:
Date of Birth 30 January 1918
Identity book no. 090036
Date Volunteered 15 June 1940
Pre-enlistment employment – Constable, SAP, Pitsani, Molopo, P O Makgobistad, Cape Province – SAP 198195
1 SAP, 6 SA Infantry Brigade – Regtl. No. SAP 198195
Part of 2 SA Division who took over Tobruk, Libya, under Maj Genl HB Klopper on 27 March 1942
Taken POW 21 June 1942 by Rommel’s Germans at the 2nd fall of Tobruk.
Taken as POW to Camp 82, Laterina, Italy.
Escaped from Camp 82 on 19 Sept 1943
Arrived at Allied lines in Italy on 28 April 1945 (2nd Echelon, UDF, MEF)
Returned home on 24 Sept 1945

 

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