In Memory Of
HOBBS, GRAHAME
Service Details
Age:
53
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
185499
Rank:
Sergeant
Regiment:
Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-11-28
Date of Death 2:
1942-11-29
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 142.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Joseph G. and Annie Hobbs; husband of Elizabeth Esther Hobbs, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
