In Memory Of
ANDERSON, GEORGE ALEXANDER
Service Details
Age:
38
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
189627
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
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 138.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of James and Clara Anderson, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa; husband of Norah Anderson, of Johannesburg. Born Johannesburg. A building contractor by profession
