Identity
Person No.
26555
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Petrus Aloysius Maria
Initials
P A M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
64
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
De La Salle SS was a French Cargo Steamer of 8,400 tons built in 1921. On the 9th July 1943 when on route from LIVERPOOL & FREETOWN for WALVIS BAY & EAST LONDON carrying a cargo of 1,340 tons commercial, & 763 tons government stores she was torpedoed by German submarine U-508 and sunk. 10 persons lost from a total of 249
Grave Reference
Unknown
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Husband of Gertrude Joan Van den Heuvel, of 36 Monteno Road, Orangezigt, Cape Town, South Africa.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project