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Identity
Person No.
25196
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Thorne 7
First Name
Anne
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Rank
Civilian
Regiment
Civilian War Dead 90
Unit
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
29 October 1942 141
Cause of Death
Lost at sea 567
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
Grave Reference
Unknown
Location
Country
Lost at Sea 244
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
M.V. "ABOSSO" 5
Additional Information
Notes

Wife of Air Gunner S. G. Thorne, of Hillside Camp, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #25196

Source: https://www.rohsa.co.za/person.php?PersonNumber=25196&pdf=1

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