Service Details
Name:
 EVENDEN
Given Name:
 BARREE SANDERSON
Initials:
 B S
Rank:
 Fourth Officer
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Empire Song (Greenock)
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Date of Death:
 1941-05-09
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Date of Birth:
 1921-05-03
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Missing, Death Presumed, struck by a mine in the Mediterranean
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles Alfred Evenden and Reenie Carleton (nee Carlos) Evenden. Born South Gipsland, Victoria, Australia. Educated Durban Boys' High School; General Botha Cadet Draft 1936-7. After leaving General Botha, Barree Sanderson Evenden joined the Union-Castle Company as a Cadet. During the war he served in the Merchant Navy and was Fourth Officer in the Clan Line's Empire Song when she was struck by a mine in the Mediterranean on 9 May 1941, and he was reported missing, presumed lost at sea, result of enemy action.
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 45.

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