In Memory Of
ANDERSON, GEORGE VICTOR
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
1872454
Rank:
Sapper
Unit:
35 Fortress Coy.
Regiment:
Royal Engineers
Date of Death:
1944-09-12
Cause of Death:
The Rakuyo Maru was part of Convoy HI-72 and transporting 1317 Australian and British prisoners of war (POWs) from Singapore, when it was torpedoed and sunk in the Luzon Strait by USS Sealion, on 12 September 1944. A total of 1159 POWs died as a result of the sinking
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 40.
Cemetery:
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
Country:
Singapore
Additional Information
Son of George and Mary Stewart Anderson. Born Cape Town, South Africa
