Identity
Person No.
5742
Service No.
6856718
Last Name
First Name
Isaac Van Der Merwe
Initials
I V D M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Lost in S.S. Yoma (Glasgow), Passenger/Cargo liner of 8, 131 tons of the British and Burmese Steam Navigation Co., serving in the Mediterranean as an auxiliary transport. She was in convoy with the ships SS Amarapoora, Pegu, Kemmendine and Sagaing en route from Sfax to Alexandria when she was sunk by the U-81 near Derna. On board were 1, 670 troops of which 451 were lost. Capt. George Patterson and 32 crew members also perished
Grave Reference
Unknown
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Isaac Van Der Merwe Doman and Sarah Doman; husband of Margaret Louisa Doman. Of Southern Rhodesia
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project