Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Son of William and Martha Atkinson; husband of Nellie Winifred Atkinson, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born England. A driver with South African Railways