Identity
Person No.
5543
Service No.
P/MX 73711
Last Name
First Name
William Alexander
Initials
W A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Missing at sea, lost in Cyclades. HMS Triumph left Alexandria on 26th December 1941 to land a party of commandos ashore and then patrol the Aegean. Four days later she signalled that the party had been successfully landed at Bireans. She was due to return to pick up the commandos on 9th January but failed to make the rendezvous. Nothing further was heard of the submarine. No axis power claimed her destruction and it is believed that she struck a mine
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of George Hardie and Martha Jolm Dempster, of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. His brother also died on service
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project