Identity
Person No.
118
Service No.
66378
Last Name
First Name
Douglas Ernest Henry
Initials
D E H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Able Seaman
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mrs. H. Adams, of Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa.
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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samilhistory.com
open source ↗
samilhistory.com Remembrance / Peter Dickens SAN WW2 honour roll
Stories 1
The surname of my brother was wrong on the official records - it should read BUS, not BOS. He died on the 12th of August 1975 at the age of 23 as an able seaman, as stated. He was on the SAS Kimberley and they were busy with military manouvres on the South Coast of Mozambique. He apparently died due to drowning after suffering a head injury. He was not married and left behind his parents, 4 sisters and a younger brother - who was also in the armed forces at the time, serving in South West Africa (now Namibia).
Dedications 1
It has been 28 years since your death and we still do not have an official and true account of your death and I guess we'll never know what really happened on 12 August 1975. We were not even allowed to see your body. Rest in peace, my brother.