Identity
Person No.
5993
Service No.
77422
Last Name
First Name
Joseph Richard
Initials
J R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
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 130.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Regiment Botha, formed 1 April 1934 at Ermelo. Active Citizen Force; 2nd Bn served North Africa 1941-42, renamed Regiment Christiaan Beyers 1951; called Regiment Pongola 1960-1966. Renamed General Botha Regiment 2019.
Notes
Husband of Miriam Aletta Drake
Citations
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