Service Details
Name:
 BROPHY
Given Name:
 MICHAEL
Initials:
 M
Rank:
 Fireman and Trimmer
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Holmelea (Newcastle)
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Date of Death:
 1941-02-28
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Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Whilst operating with Convoy HX-109 was attacked by gunfire and sunk by U-47. En route Rosario for Hull
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles William and Emily Elizabeth Brophy, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
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 57.

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