Louis Johannes Nel “Louis” Oelofse
Rifleman · #RH6857918 · S1 Patrol
| Rank | Rifleman |
|---|---|
| Service number | #RH6857918 |
| Patrol | S1 Patrol |
| Known as | “Louis” |
| Died | 1943-11-18 |
| POW / KIA | KIA — 18 Nov 1943 |
What this roll records
CWGC: Rifleman Louis Johannes Nel Oelofse, service no. 6857918, King's Royal Rifle Corps and Long Range Desert Group. Died 18 November 1943, aged 26 (Leros). Buried at Leros War Cemetery, grave 1.B.4, Greece. (CWGC records his regiment as the King's Royal Rifle Corps; the roll had noted an 'RH' prefix and inferred S Patrol / Rhodesian service.) Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Patrol S (S1/S2) INFERRED from Rhodesian/South African service number (SR/RH prefix) - the LRDG Rhodesian & S.African squadron formed S Patrol. Specific S1/S2 not individually confirmed.
From Rhodesia roll: AKA/nickname "Louis". Source: Rhodesia Nominal Roll (Brendan O’Carroll).
Killed in action, 18 November 1943. Source: Brendan O’Carroll.
Dodecanese operations, 1943: killed in action 18 Nov 1943. Source: Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA (Appendix V), compiled by Jim Patch, LRDG (UK) Association.
LRDG Roll of Honour (Aegean 1943): killed in action 18.11.43, S1 Patrol. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean" (Appendix III, LRDG Roll of Honour: The Aegean Operations 1943). (master previously recorded S (inferred) Patrol).
Spelling/rank per LRDG Roll of Honour, The Aegean Operations 1943 (Brendan O'Carroll).
Aegean/Dodecanese operations, 1943: listed as Rifleman Oelofse, service no. RH6857918; killed in action, 18 Nov 1943. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix V, Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA).
LRDG Roll of Honour, the Aegean 1943: Rifleman, killed in action 18 November 1943, S1 Patrol. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix III, LRDG Roll of Honour: the Aegean Operations 1943).
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