Service Details
Name:
 BOTHA
Given Name:
 THOMAS ERNEST
Initials:
 T E
Rank:
 Second Engineer Officer
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Winga (Glasgow)
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Date of Death:
 1940-06-02
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Age:
 44
Cause of Death:
 Drowned, Sinking of vessel, after collision
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Botha; husband of Lilian Maud Botha, of South Shields, Co. Durham. Of Pretoria, South Africa. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45. Awarded 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, and 1939/45 War Medal.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 119.

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