Service Details
Name:
 VAN DORDRECHT
Given Name:
 WILLIAM HENDRICK
Initials:
 W H
Service No:
 67851
Rank:
 Able Seaman
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Edinburgh
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-30
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Torpedoed by Uboat U-456 while escorting Convoy QP11 on 30 April 1942 and finally May 2 1942 she had to be abandoned after another attack, she was carrying 45 million in gold bullion.
Additional
Information:
Son of Cornelius and Marie Van Dordrecht; husband of Johanna Van Dordrecht, of Villieria, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 74, Column 2.

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