Name: |
MACLEAN |
Given Name: |
WALTER |
Initials: |
W |
Service No: |
6856733 |
Rank: |
RiflemanOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
King's Royal Rifle Corps |
Unit: |
1st Bn.Other Casualties from this Unit |
Date of Death: |
1943-06-17Other Casualties on this
Date |
Age: |
30 |
Cause of Death: |
Lost in S.S. Yoma (Glasgow), Passenger/Cargo liner of 8, 131 tons of the British and Burmese Steam Navigation Co., serving in the Mediterranean as an auxiliary transport. She was in convoy with the ships SS Amarapoora, Pegu, Kemmendine and Sagaing en route from Sfax to Alexandria when she was sunk by the U-81 near Derna. On board were 1, 670 troops of which 451 were lost. Capt. George Patterson and 32 crew members also perished. |
Additional
Information: |
Son of Albert and Matia McLean, of "Pelmont" Musgrave Road, Durban, South Africa. Husband of Betty MacLean. |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2017-04-08
