Identity
Person No.
7274
Service No.
562749
Last Name
First Name
John Merlin
Initials
J M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Cause of Death
Torpedoed and sunk by U-181 about 240 miles east of Madagascar. The master, 24 crew members and six gunners were lost. Five crew members and two gunners landed at Farafangana, Madagascar
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Able Seaman
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Secondary Unit
S. S. Empire Lake
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Merlin T. Flint, and of Victoria I. Flint, of Parkhurst, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. ***Ship may have been Empire Lake. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Mowbray) Garden of Remembrance
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