In Memory Of

BOTHA, EDWARD PETRUS

Service Details
Age:
 16
Date of Birth:
 1924-12-26
Rank:
 Ordinary Seaman
Unit:
 M.T. Barbro (Norway)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1941-09-19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, sunk by U-552, on a voyage from Halifax to Liverpool when she was sunk with 2 torpedoes from U-552 (Topp) just before midnight on September 19-1941 while in Convoy SC 44, escorted by 1 destroyer and 4 corvettes, Honeysuckle and Mayflower being 2 of them. Barbro had a cargo of 9000 tons petrol and all on board her, 21 Norwegians, 3 Swedes, 1 Dane, 5 British and 4 Canadians died in the flames, helplessly watched by other ships around her. Sank in position 61 30N 35 07W 35 11
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Addenda Panel
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Son of Roelf Andries Botha and Dorethea Grace (formerly Botha) Maytham, of Kalkfontein, Concession Stores, P. O. Lucerne, South Africa. Signed on 6th August 1941 in UK. 1 year at sea. ***ref. http://www.mercantilemarine.org