Service Details
Name:
 SIEMSSEN
Given Name:
 CHRISTIAAN
Initials:
 C
Rank:
 Chief Officer
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 M.V. Doryssa (London)
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Date of Death:
 1943-04-25
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Torpedoed and shelled when enroute to the Persian Gulf by Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci
Decorations:
 M B E
Additional
Information:
Son of Fred Heinrich and Ethel Elizabeth Siemssen, of Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa. Master Mariner, Merchant Navy. Born Ermelo, Transvaal. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 36.

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