Service Details
Name:
 OLIVIER
Initials:
 S
Rank:
 Civilian
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Regiment:
 Civilian War Dead
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-29
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Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Torpedoed and sunk by U-575 (Guenther Heydemann) 700 miles NW of the Azores. Sailed from Cape Town on 8th October 1942 bound for Liverpool with 207 passengers and a cargo of 3000 tons of wool and bags of mail. The master, Captain Reginald William Tate, 14
Additional
Information:
Of 9 Devonshire Court, Troye Street, Johannesburg, South Africa. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Blom, of 304 Kilkenny Court, Devilliers Street, Johannesburg; wife of Abraham Olivier.
Commemoration
Country:
 Lost at Sea
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Cemetery:
 M.V. "ABOSSO"
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