In Memory Of
McLEOD, IAN MELVILLE
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1917-09-28
Service No:
4431
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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 118.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Archibald Melville and Mabel I. McLeod, of Dartnell Road, Mountain Rise, Pietermaritzburg. Husband of Althea Rose Murray (nee Tatham) McLeod, of Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg. Born in Howick, Natal. A farmer.
