Identity
Person No.
10399
Service No.
P/130639
Last Name
First Name
Adrian Morrison
Initials
A M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
53
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,200
Drowned
Cause of Death
Drowned, on S. S. Nirpura. At 23.22 hours on 3 Mar, 1943, U-160 made her first attack on the convoy DN-21 about 40 miles south of Port St.Johns, South Africa, sank the Harvey W. Scott and Nirpura and damaged the Tibia. 38 men from the Nirpura (Master Thomas George Hodgkinson) were lost and 88 (including the master) were picked up by the SAAF crash launch R-8 and landed at Durban
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Notes
Son of Thomas J. and Mary M. Howie; husband of Agnes M. N. Howie, of Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa. M.R.C.V.S. Howie's Military Medals, including his O.B.E., are housed in the Museum at the Castle in Cape Town
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Veterinary Corps" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.
Citations
LG Sup 7 February 1919
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