In Memory Of

BOTHA, HENRY

Service Details
Age:
 36
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Carpenter
Unit:
 S.S. Melmore Head (Belfast)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1942-12-28
Cause of Death:
 At 22.02 hours on 28 Dec, 1942, U-225 fired torpedoes at the convoy ONS-154 north of the Azores and reported two ships sunk and two others probably sunk. In fact, the Melmore Head in station #113 was hit by two torpedoes and blew up and the stern torpedo hit the Ville de Rouen, which was later finished off by U-662 (Hermann). 13 crew members and one gunner from Melmore Head (Master William John Leinster) were lost
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 69.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45