Service Details
Name:
 TERBLANCHE
Given Name:
 OCKERT KENNETH
Initials:
 O K
Service No:
 241604
Rank:
 Messman
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Regiment:
 United States Merchant Marine
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Unit:
 Timothy Pickering
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Date of Death:
 1943-07-13
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Date of Birth:
 1927-05-29
Age:
 16
Cause of Death:
 SS Timothy Pickering was an American Liberty Ship type EC2-S-C1 that was bombed in an air raid whilst at anchor on 13 July 1943 when on route from Alexandria for Avola with a general cargo and American troops. 127 British servicemen, 22 United States Merchant seamen and 9 armed guards were lost
Citations:
 ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
Additional
Information:
Son of Stephen Edward and Elizabeth Helena Terblanche, of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Born Klipplaat, Cape Province. Educated Pearson High School, Port Elizabeth 1941-1942. Posthumously awarded the Mariner's Medal & the Combat Bar with a Star
Commemoration
Country:
 Lost at Sea
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Cemetery:
 DIED AT SEA
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