In Memory Of

VAN DER VYVER, RUBEN van WYK

Service Details
Age:
 38
Date of Birth:
 1904-07-08
Service No:
 12327
Rank:
 Corporal
Regiment:
 Die Middelandse Regiment, 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 133.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Bernardus Lambertus and Emmerentia van der Vyver (nee van Wyk), of Aberdeen, Cape Province. Ex-husband (divorced) of the late Martha van der Vyver (nee Struwig). Born in Aberdeen, Cape Province. He had 2 sons and a daughter. He lived at 8 Cathcart Street, Aberdeen.