In Memory Of

HOLDCROFT, GEORGE ERNEST

Service Details
Age:
 48
Date of Birth:
 1894-10-19
Service No:
 240808
Rank:
 Major
Regiment:
 South African Engineer Corps
Date of Death:
 1942-11-28
Date of Death 2:
 1942-11-29
Cause of Death:
 Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 138.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Holdcroft, of Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Johannesburg. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. A clerk. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery.