Identity
Person No.
186
Service No.
69001
Last Name
First Name
William Douglas
Initials
W D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Imperial Japanese Navy land based bombers found the battleship HMS Prince of Wales (35,000 tons) and battle-cruiser HMS Repulse (26,500 tons) in the South China Sea. The British capitol ships are sunk, by 88 Japanese aircraft in less than two hours; 840 men die, 2,800 are rescued by escorting destroyers. This leaves the Allies with no active battleships in the Pacific
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Ordinary Seaman
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Adamson, of Klerksdorp, Transvaal, 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
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