Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 FREDERICK
Initials:
 F
Rank:
 Sub-Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 H.M.L.C.T. 7020
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Date of Death:
 1945-10-17
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died at sea, one of a large number of such vessels that were being transferred from Britain to serve in the Pacific Ocean. Vessel foundered in rough seas in the Indian Ocean off Madras.
Additional
Information:
Son of Albert and Ella Smith, of Knysna, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 90, Column 2.

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