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Private MARTINUS JOHANNES CLAASSEN

Service Number: C/167113
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cape Corps, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 29 January 1941

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY

1. A. 10.

Eritrea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Jan and Griet Claassen; husband of Johanna Claassen, of Laingsburg, Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED BE GOD EVEN THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
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Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 440
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