Service Details
Name:
 SWEET
Given Name:
 HERBERT JOSEPH
Initials:
 H J
Rank:
 Troop Cook
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Regiment:
 Mercantile Marine
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Unit:
 S.S. "Galway Castle" (London)
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Date of Death:
 1918-09-12
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Age:
 46
Cause of Death:
 Drowned at sea (from S.S. "Galway Castle"), as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine 160 miles S.W. and .5 S. of the Fastnet
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederick and Esther Sweet. Husband of Johanna Catherina Cletta Sweet (nee Vorster), of 45, Steel Rd., Durban, South Africa. Born at Birmingham.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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