Torpedoed and sunk by U-575 (Guenther Heydemann) 700 miles NW of the Azores. Sailed from Cape Town on 8th October 1942 bound for Liverpool with 207 passengers and a cargo of 3000 tons of wool and bags of mail. The master, Captain Reginald William Tate, 148 crew, 18 gunners and 173 passengers were lost
Of 33 Minavio Street, Yeoville, Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of George and Susanah Bird, of 21 Hillary Street, Pleck, Walsall, Staffordshire; husband of the late Florence Bird.