In Memory Of
O'CONNOR, CECIL GORDON
Service Details
Age:
41
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
26102
Rank:
Gunner
Regiment:
South African Artillery
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 117.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Husband of Mavis Horne O'Connor, of Cape Town.
