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Identity
Person No.
5259
Service No.
67914
Last Name
De Castro
1
First Name
Alfred T
Initials
A T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Rank
Stoker 1st Class
Regiment
South African Naval Forces
351
Unit
H.M.S. Hermes
18
Death Record
Date of Death
09 April 1942
307
Cause of Death
Attacked by carrier-borne aircraft from a Japanese force of three battleships and five carriers which had entered the Bay of Bengal a week before
23
Attacked by carrier-borne aircraft from a Japanese force of three battleships and five carriers which had entered the Bay of Bengal a week before. Around seventy bombers were sent to dispatch the Hermes which sank within ten minutes
Grave Reference
Panel 74, Column 2.
70
Location
Country
United Kingdom
2,450
Locality
Devon
343
Cemetery
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
293
Coordinates
50.36573, -4.14223
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Mrs. H. de Castro, of Cape Town, South Africa.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project
southafricawargraves.org — record #5259