Identity
Person No.
16163
Service No.
4431
Last Name
First Name
Ian Melville
Initials
I M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
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 Archibald Melville and Mabel I. McLeod, of Dartnell Road, Mountain Rise, Pietermaritzburg. Husband of Althea Rose Murray (nee Tatham) McLeod, of Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg. Born in Howick, Natal. A farmer.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project