In Memory Of

WHEAL, ANDRE CHARLES

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 1915-01-03
Rank:
 Seaman
Unit:
 M.V. Prince Baudouin
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1943-05-15
Cause of Death:
 Died of pulmonary tuberculosis
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Kwazulu Natal
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of John Thomas and Ada Jane (nee Fordham) Wheal. Born Oudtshoorn. Educated Boys' High School, Outdshoorn. Cadet Draft 1931-32. On leaving General Botha, Andre Charles Wheal joined the Union Castle Mail Steamship Co. From the outbreak of war until 17th August 1942, Andre Charles Wheal served in the Merchant Navy, when he was admitted to hospital suffering from tuberculosis. The Prince Baudouin, in which he was serving, was then at Port Said. He was later transferred as a Distressed British Seaman to South Africa and sent to the Durban Hospital, where he subsequently died