Service Details
Name:
 WHITAKER
Given Name:
 JOHN BRIAN
Initials:
 J B
Service No:
 32146
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-11-28
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Date of Death 2:
 1942-11-29
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Additional
Information:
Son of Frank and K. J. Whitaker, of Maseru, Basutoland.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 127.

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