Service Details
Name:
 VAN DEN HEUVEL
Given Name:
 PETRUS ALOYSIUS MARIA
Initials:
 P A M
Rank:
 Civilian (Clergy)
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Regiment:
 Civilian War Dead
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Date of Death:
 1943-07-08
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Age:
 64
Cause of Death:
 De La Salle SS was a French Cargo Steamer of 8,400 tons built in 1921. On the 9th July 1943 when on route from LIVERPOOL & FREETOWN for WALVIS BAY & EAST LONDON carrying a cargo of 1,340 tons commercial, & 763 tons government stores she was torpedoed by German submarine U-508 and sunk. 10 persons lost from a total of 249.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Gertrude Joan Van den Heuvel, of 36 Monteno Road, Orangezigt, Cape Town, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Lost at Sea
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Cemetery:
 S.S. "DE LA SALLE"
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