Identity
Person No.
12930
Service No.
105829
Last Name
First Name
Max
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Cause of Death
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
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Column 116.
Notes
Son of Meyer and Rebecca Lange, of Worcester, Cape Province, South Africa. On Worcester War Memorial, Western Cape. ***Jewish
Research notes
Gunners Association RoH lists them (World War 2 1939-1945 Gunner M. Lange) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Gunners' Association of South Africa Roll of Honour
open source ↗
World War 2 1939-1945 Gunner M. Lange
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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