In Memory Of
VORSTER, JACK PETER
Service Details
Service No:
67755
Rank:
Able Seaman
Unit:
H.M.S. Hermes
Regiment:
South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
1942-04-09
Cause of Death:
Attacked by carrier-borne aircraft from a Japanese force of three battleships and five carriers which had entered the Bay of Bengal a week before. Around seventy bombers were sent to dispatch the Hermes which sank within ten minutes.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 74, Column 2.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. M. E. Vorster, of Cambridge West, East London, Cape Province, South Africa.
