Identity
Person No.
7274
Service No.
562749
Last Name
First Name
John Merlin
Initials
J M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Military Service
Rank
Able Seaman
Regiment
Secondary Unit
S. S. Empire Lake
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Torpedoed and sunk by U-181 about 240 miles east of Madagascar. The master, 24 crew members and six gunners were lost. Five crew members and two gunners landed at Farafangana, Madagascar
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Merlin T. Flint, and of Victoria I. Flint, of Parkhurst, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. ***Ship may have been Empire Lake. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Mowbray) Garden of Remembrance
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project