In Memory Of
MERCER, GERALD LESLIE BEAUCHAMP
Service Details
Age:
41
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
32212
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1/3rd Bn.
Regiment:
Transvaal Scottish, 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 128.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Edward Beauchamp Singleton and Annie Elizabeth Mercer, of Rondebosch. Born Bulawayo. A clerk.
