In Memory Of

EVENDEN, BARREE SANDERSON

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1921-05-03
Rank:
 Fourth Officer
Unit:
 S.S. Empire Song (Greenock)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1941-05-09
Cause of Death:
 Missing, Death Presumed, struck by a mine in the Mediterranean
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 45.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Charles Alfred Evenden and Reenie Carleton (nee Carlos) Evenden. Born South Gipsland, Victoria, Australia. Educated Durban Boys' High School; General Botha Cadet Draft 1936-7. After leaving General Botha, Barree Sanderson Evenden joined the Union-Castle Company as a Cadet. During the war he served in the Merchant Navy and was Fourth Officer in the Clan Line's Empire Song when she was struck by a mine in the Mediterranean on 9 May 1941, and he was reported missing, presumed lost at sea, result of enemy action.