Service Details
Name:
 BOTHA
Given Name:
 HENRY
Initials:
 H
Rank:
 Carpenter
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Melmore Head (Belfast)
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Date of Death:
 1942-12-28
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Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 At 22.02 hours on 28 Dec, 1942, U-225 fired torpedoes at the convoy ONS-154 north of the Azores and reported two ships sunk and two others probably sunk. In fact, the Melmore Head in station #113 was hit by two torpedoes and blew up and the stern torpedo hit the Ville de Rouen, which was later finished off by U-662 (Hermann). 13 crew members and one gunner from Melmore Head (Master William John Leinster) were lost
Additional
Information:
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 69.

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