Name: |
McCLEAN |
Given Name: |
VICTOR |
Initials: |
V |
Service No: |
37219 |
Trade: |
Farrier |
Rank: |
SergeantOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
South African Veterinary Corps |
Date of Death: |
1943-03-03Other Casualties on this
Date |
Age: |
35 |
Cause of Death: |
Drowned, on S. S. Nirpura. At 23.22 hours on 3 Mar, 1943, U-160 made her first attack on the convoy DN-21 about 40 miles south of Port St.Johns, South Africa, sank the Harvey W. Scott and Nirpura and damaged the Tibia. 38 men from the Nirpura (Master Thomas George Hodgkinson) were lost and 88 (including the master) were picked up by the SAAF crash launch R-8 and landed at Durban. |
Additional Information: |
Son of Mr. P. McClean. Born Belfast, Ireland |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2019-04-07