Sydney LAZARUSAge: 32 years1907–1940
- Name
- Sydney LAZARUS
- Hebrew
- סידני לזרוס
| Birth | September 11, 1907 (Tishrei 3, 5668) 30 21 Oudtshoorn, South Africa - אודטסהורן, דרום אפריקה |
| Birth of a sister | Bertha “Bertie” LAZARUS January 11, 1909 (Tevet 18, 5669) (Age 16 months) Oudtshoorn, South Africa - אודטסהורן, דרום אפריקה |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Alexander ROSENBERG December 16, 1916 (Kislev 21, 5677) (Age 9 years) Johannesburg, South Africa - יוהנסבורג, דרום אפריקה |
| Death | August 9, 1940 (Av 5, 5700) (Age 32 years) North Africa - צפון אפריקה Cause of death: South African Army soldier, fell during WWII |
| Burial | 1940 (5700) (Age 32 years) Nairobi, Kenya - נאירובי, קניה Cemetery: Nairobi War Cemetery Publication: http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14 Text: LAZARUS, SYDNEY LEWIS
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service No: 47940
Date of Death: 09/08/1940
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: South African Air Force
Grave Reference 2. H. 18.
Cemetery NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
(Served as LEWIS). Son of Lewis and Ethel Lazarus, of Cape Town, South Africa. |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lewis LAZARUS לואיס לזרוס Birth: December 13, 1876 (Kislev 27, 5637) — Kelem, Russia (Lithuania) Death: 1958 (5718) — Robertson, South Africa |
| mother |
Ethel ROSENBERG אתל רוזנברג Birth: February 20, 1886 (Adar I 15, 5646) 35 38 — Oudtshoorn, South Africa Death: September 20, 1967 (Elul 15, 5727) — Johannesburg, South Africa |
| himself |
Sydney LAZARUS סידני לזרוס Birth: September 11, 1907 (Tishrei 3, 5668) 30 21 — Oudtshoorn, South Africa Death: August 9, 1940 (Av 5, 5700) — North Africa |
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16 months younger sister |
Bertha “Bertie” LAZARUS ברתה לזרוס Birth: January 11, 1909 (Tevet 18, 5669) 32 22 — Oudtshoorn, South Africa Death: January 2, 2009 (Tevet 6, 5769) — London, England |
| Burial | Commonwealth War Graves Commission Publication: http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14 Text: LAZARUS, SYDNEY LEWIS
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Service No: 47940
Date of Death: 09/08/1940
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: South African Air Force
Grave Reference 2. H. 18.
Cemetery NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
(Served as LEWIS). Son of Lewis and Ethel Lazarus, of Cape Town, South Africa. |
| Source | Miriam Margolyes - genealogical research |
| Burial | Location Information
The War Cemetery is on the south-western outskirts of Nairobi, about 10 kilometres west of the city centre on Ngong Road, which is the main road to the Government Forest Reserve.
The cemetery is adjacent to Nairobi race course and is included within the Ngong Forest Reserve. It is reached by way of a long driveway off Ngong Road, the turning being indicated by a CWGC direction sign.
Historical Information
During the Second World War, Nairobi was the headquarters of the East African Force and the base for the conquest of Jubaland and Italian Somaliland, the liberation of British Somaliland and the sweep north-westwards to open Addis Ababa for the return of the Emperor. It was also a hospital centre; No.87 British General Hospital arrived in June 1943 and was still there in December 1945, while No.150 British General Hospital was there for a period in 1943.
The war cemetery was opened in 1941 by the military authorities. Besides the original burials, numerous graves were transferred to this cemetery from African civil cemeteries and temporary army burial grounds at Garissa, Gelib, Kinangop, Marsabit, Mega and other inaccessible places, so that it is now the largest war cemetery in East Africa. |