Identity
Person No.
29076
Service No.
85141
Last Name
First Name
Harold Charles
Initials
H C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Cause of Death
En route, Cape Town (16 Jul) - Bahia, Brazil - New York. At 02.12 hours on 25 Jul, 1944, the unescorted Robin Goodfellow (Master Bjarne Bjornsgaard) was torpedoed and sunk by U-862 in the South Atlantic. The British motor merchant Priam received a distress signal, but none of the eight officers, 33 crewmen and 27 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 3in and five 20mm guns) survived
Military Service
Rank
Radio Officer
Regiment
Unit
Defence Force
Unknown
Location
Notes
Of Cape Town, South Africa
Citations
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
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