In Memory Of
HOLDCROFT, GEORGE ERNEST
Service Details
Age:
49
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
240808
Rank:
Major
Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
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 138.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Holdcroft, of Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery.
