In Memory Of
LANGE, MAX
Service Details
Age:
31
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
105829
Rank:
Gunner
Unit:
1 Field Regt.
Regiment:
South African Artillery
Date of Death:
1942-11-28
Date of Death 2:
1942-11-29
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 116.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Meyer and Rebecca Lange, of Worcester, Cape Province, South Africa. On Worcester War Memorial, Western Cape. ***Jewish
