Service Details
Name:
 GILLITT
Given Name:
 ANTHONY ROBERT
Initials:
 A R
Rank:
 Cadet
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Serooskerk (Netherlands)
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Date of Death:
 1942-12-07
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Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, drowned when German submarine U-155 torpedoed and sank the unescorted S.S. Serooskerk (Netherlands) about 400 miles west-northwest of the Azores. It had dispersed from convoy ON-149 the day before. There were no survivors.
Additional
Information:
Son of Walter and Edith Margery (nee Smith) Gillitt. Born Durban. Educated Durban High School. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945
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 95.

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