Identity
Person No.
2671
Service No.
99156
Last Name
First Name
Francis Wesley
Initials
F W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
47
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 Thomas and Sarah Brokensha; husband of May C. Brokensha, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Awarded the Royal Humane Society's Medal. Commemoration stone in Dundee Cemetery
Citation
From RHS - Brokensha, W. Case 38660 - At 11 a.m. on the 21st July, 1911, J.C. Burton was bathing in the sea at Amanzimtoti, Natal, and got into difficulty. W. Brokensha went to his help but could not save him, and was himself washed ashore half an hour after.
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project