Louis Van Der Linde

Corporal Louis Johannes Van Der Linde was a Rhodesian soldier of the British Army who died during the Second World War.
He was born the son of Barend Christoffel and Christina Jacomina Van Der Linde, and was the husband of Emilia Mynhardt.
Van Der Linde, serving in the 1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, died on 17 June 1943,Van Der Linde, Louis Johannes, twgpp.org. Retrieved 22 August 2013. when the troopship SS Yoma was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-81, with the loss of 484 crew and passengers. The vessel had departed the Libyan port of Tripoli the day before.Yoma, uboat.net. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Brookwood Memorial.
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==References==
*Van Der Linde, Louisa Johannes, cwgc.org. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
Category:Birth Date Unknown
Category:1943 deaths
Category:Zimbabwean military personnel
Category:British Army
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Brookwood Memorial
Category:Corporals