Service Details
Name:
 BURKE
Given Name:
 JOHN FREDERICK THOMAS
Initials:
 J F T
Rank:
 Master
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Kanbe (Glasgow)
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Date of Death:
 1943-05-08
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Age:
 57
Cause of Death:
 Whilst operating with Convoy TS-38. Torpedoed and sunk by U-123 off Liberian Coast. En route Alexandria & Takoradi for Freetown & UK
Additional
Information:
Husband of Gertrude Anne Burke, of Sea Point, Cape Town, 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 59.

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