In Memory Of

HUME, WILLIAM FRANK

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Second Radio Officer
Unit:
 S.S. Harpagon (London)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1942-04-19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at 05.24 hours on 20 Apr, 1942, the unescorted Harpagon (Master Robert William Edward Laycock) was torpedoed and sunk by U-109 about 150 miles north-northwest of Bermuda. The master, 34 crew members and six gunners were lost. Eight crew members were picked up by the Argentinian merchant Rio Diamante and landed at Buenos Aires
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 55.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45