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Identity
Person No.
7052
Service No.
161043
Last Name
First Name
Roderick Lewis
Initials
R L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
35
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
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Edmond Bernard and Ethel Elizabeth Camille Fernau; husband of Barbara Eva Fernau, of Rolvenden Layne, Kent. On Knysna War Memorial

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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