Name: |
STOOP |
Given Name: |
PETRUS WILHELMUS |
Initials: |
P W |
Service No: |
213555 |
Rank: |
CorporalOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
South African Engineer Corps |
Unit: |
Composite Railway Operating Coy.Other Casualties from this Unit |
Date of Death: |
1942-11-28Other Casualties on this
Date |
Date of Death 2: |
1942-11-29 |
Age: |
35 |
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 |
Additional Information: |
Son of Petrus Jacobus and Maria Johanna Stoop, of Volksrust. Husband of Petronella Aletta Stoop, of Brixton, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Wakkerstroom. |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2022-08-08