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Identity
Person No.
15243
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Martienssen 2
First Name
Gisela Dorothea
Initials
G D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1915 (±1 yr) 444
Age at Death
27
Military Service
Rank
Civilian
Regiment
Civilian War Dead 90
Unit
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
23 October 1942 224
Cause of Death
Sunk by the German Submarine U-615 5
Sunk by the German Submarine U-615, north of the Azores. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to East London, South Africa with 10,555 tons of general cargo and Government stores. Twenty crew, six gunners and six passengers were lost
Grave Reference
Unknown
Location
Country
Lost at Sea 244
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
M.V. "EMPIRE STAR" 5
Additional Information
Notes

Of Edgehill, Millvale Road, Milnerton, Cape Province, South Africa. Daughter of Julie and of the late Ernst Carl Heinrich Martienssen.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #15243

Source: https://www.rohsa.co.za/person.php?PersonNumber=15243&pdf=1

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