Identity
Person No.
28187
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Arthur James
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A J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
On February 12, 1941, SS Derrynane was in convoy SLS.64, with a cargo of iron ore from Lourenco Marques, when the convoy was attacked by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. The position was 37.12N, 21.20W (about 400 miles S.E. of the Azores). Derrynane was the second vessel to be hit by shellfire and blew up killing all those on board; the master (Earnest Joice), thirty four crew members and one DEMS gunner
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Country
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Additional Information
Notes
Son of Frederick James and Annie Mary White. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha. Commemoration stone in King William's Town Cemetery
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project