Service Details
Name:
 SOLOMON
Given Name:
 JACOBUS
Initials:
 J
Rank:
 Pantryman
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Gloucester Castle (London)
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Date of Death:
 1942-07-15
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Age:
 58
Cause of Death:
 Intercepted, shelled and sunk by the German surface raider Schiff28 Michel midway between Ascension and Cape Town.
Additional
Information:
Coloured man. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45
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 52.

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