In Memory Of
TERBLANCHE, OCKERT KENNETH
Service Details
Age:
16
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
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. 169 lives 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