Identity
Person No.
10107
Service No.
240808
Last Name
First Name
George Ernest
Initials
G E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
49
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
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
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Holdcroft, of Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project