In Memory Of

ROSE, ANTHONY ROBERT

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1924-05-30
Rank:
 Third Officer
Unit:
 M.V. Congella (London)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1943-10-24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, as the result of gunfire from an enemy (Japanese) submarine.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 31.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Robert Henry Edwin Stegall Rose and Beatrice Churchill (nee Strapp). Born Pietermaritzburg. Educated at Durban High School (Preparatory). After Bothie, joined the Andrew Weir Company as an Apprentice, qualifying for his Second Mate's Certificate in 1943. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha