Sub-Lieutenant (A) DEREK JOHN THEOBALD MARAIS
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
H.M.S. Sparrowhawk
Date of Death
Died 22 September 1940
Age 21 years old
Photographer: Amanda Tickle
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Jack and K. V. Marais, of Burnham, Buckinghamshire; husband of Betty Aileen Marais.
- Personal Inscription "TIS BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST"
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