In Memory Of
GOODSON, JOHN DAVID
Service Details
Age:
25
Rank:
First Radio Officer
Unit:
S.S. Nancy Moller (London)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1944-03-18
Cause of Death:
Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese I-165. En route from Durban, South Africa to Colombo, Ceylon. I-165's commander LtCdr Shimizu ordered his crewmen to open fire on the MOLLER's survivors. Thirty-two are killed by machine-gun and pistol fire.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 71.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of John Augustus and Irene Goodson; husband of Vera Goodson, of Rosebank, Cape Town, South Africa.
