In Memory Of
TERBLANCHE, OCKERT KENNETH
Service Details
Age:
16
Date of Birth:
1927-05-29
Service No:
241604
Rank:
Messman
Unit:
Timothy Pickering
Regiment:
United States Merchant Marine
Date of Death:
1943-07-13
Cause of Death:
SS Timothy Pickering was an American Liberty Ship type EC2-S-C1 that was bombed in an air raid whilst at anchor on 13 July 1943 when on route from Alexandria for Avola with a general cargo and American troops. 127 British servicemen, 22 United States Merchant seamen and 9 armed guards were lost
Commemoration
Cemetery:
DIED AT SEA
Country:
Lost at Sea
Additional Information
Citations:
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
Son of Stephen Edward and Elizabeth Helena Terblanche, of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Born Klipplaat, Cape Province. Educated Pearson High School, Port Elizabeth 1941-1942. Posthumously awarded the Mariner's Medal & the Combat Bar with a Star
