Service Details
Name:
 LAWLER
Given Name:
 KENNETH YORKSHIRE
Initials:
 K Y
Rank:
 Fireman
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Columbine
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-16
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Age:
 37
Cause of Death:
 On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles and Charlotte Lawler, of 82 Cross Street, Durban. Husband of Dorothy Sophia Lawler, of 37 Melbourne Road Flats, Durban. Coloured man. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
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