In Memory Of
VAN DEN HEUVEL, PETRUS ALOYSIUS MARIA
Service Details
Age:
64
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Civilian (Clergy)
Regiment:
Civilian War Dead
Date of Death:
1943-07-08
Cause of Death:
De La Salle SS was a French Cargo Steamer of 8,400 tons built in 1921. On the 9th July 1943 when on route from LIVERPOOL & FREETOWN for WALVIS BAY & EAST LONDON carrying a cargo of 1,340 tons commercial, & 763 tons government stores she was torpedoed by German submarine U-508 and sunk. 10 persons lost from a total of 249.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
S.S. "DE LA SALLE"
Country:
Lost at Sea
Additional Information
Husband of Gertrude Joan Van den Heuvel, of 36 Monteno Road, Orangezigt, Cape Town, South Africa.
