In Memory Of
DIXON, GEORGE STEPHEN FREDERICK
Service Details
Age:
39
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
190867
Rank:
Sapper
Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
Date of Death:
1942-11-28
Date of Death 2:
1942-11-29
Cause of Death:
Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 139.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of George and Maude E. M. Dixon, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa; husband of Phoebe G. Dixon.
