Identity
Person No.
25447
Service No.
71109
Last Name
First Name
Arthur Patrick
Initials
A P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
41
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Cause of Death
Ships were ordered to embark evacuation parties and leave Tobruk harbour when Axis forces started shelling the town on 20 June 1942. Under heavy fire and was the last Allied ship to leave Tobruk. Her decks were cramped with soldiers evacuated from Tobruk and outside the harbour she took a disabled tug in tow. Early the next morning she was attacked at close range by six Italian MAS boats. With her captain killed, nearly half her ship's company wounded and all ammunition expended, it was finally decided to abandon ship
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Son of Margaret and the late James Treamer, of Wynrush, Briardale Road, Willaston, Wirral, Cheshire, England. Husband of Sonia Annette Treamer, of Inanda, Natal. ***on HMSAS Parktown Memorial in Pieter Roos Park, Parktown.
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Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project
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samilhistory.com
samilhistory.com Remembrance / Peter Dickens SAN WW2 honour roll
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