Identity
Person No.
3642
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Richard Edwin
Initials
R E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at 1825 hours on 1 July 1941 the unescorted Toronto City (Master Edwin John Garlick) was hit in the bow by one G7e torpedo from U-108 about 500 miles north of the Azores and sank by the bow within three minutes. The Germans questioned 23 survivors on rafts and debris before leaving the area, but they were never seen again: the master, 37 crew members, two gunners and three meteorological office personnel were lost. The ship had been employed as a weather observation ship in the Atlantic since October 1940 and was reported missing after sending her last routine weather report at 1500 hours on 1 July
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Edwin Herbert and Susan Martha Chard. Born in 1912. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project