In Memory Of
FLINT, JOHN MERLIN
Service Details
Age:
18
Date of Birth:
1924-09-28
Service No:
562749
Rank:
Able Seaman
Unit:
H.M.S. President III
Unit 2:
S. S. Empire Lake
Regiment:
South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
1943-07-15
Cause of Death:
Torpedoed and sunk by U-181 about 240 miles east of Madagascar. The master, 24 crew members and six gunners were lost. Five crew members and two gunners landed at Farafangana, Madagascar.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 83, Column 3.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Merlin T. Flint, and of Victoria I. Flint, of Parkhurst, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. ***Ship may have been Empire Lake. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Mowbray) Garden of Remembrance
