Service Details
Name:
 YUE
Given Name:
 HAN SHING
Initials:
 H S
Rank:
 Greaser
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Empire Lancer (Greenock)
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-16
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 On 16 Aug, 1944, the unescorted Empire Lancer was torpedoed and sunk by U-862 in the Mozambique Channel. The master, 36 crew members and five gunners were lost. 34 crew members and three gunners landed 60 miles south of Lumbo, Portuguese East Africa ten days later
Additional
Information:
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945
Commemoration
Country:
 China, (including Hong Kong)
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Cemetery:
 HONG KONG MEMORIAL
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