Identity
Person No.
11124
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Last Name
First Name
Alan Alexander
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Age at Death
31
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Date of Death
Cause of Death
Torpedoed and sunk by U-515. En route from Liverpool for St. Helena, Durban & Sydney
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Son of William Alexander & Mary Elizabeth Austen; husband of Audrey May Jeffrey, who perished with him. Born in Port Nolloth on 11th January 1911. Educated at Boys' High School, Beaufort West. Apprenticed to the Prince Line in 1929 gaining his Second Mate's Certificate in 1932. During WW2 he joined the RNR as Lieutenant. On the 2nd December 1942 while returning to Durban, together with his wife on the Ceramic to take up an appointment for the Admiralty, the ship was torpedoed and sunk by enemy action.
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South African War Graves Project