In Memory Of

BRAND, GEORGE NICOL

Service Details
Age:
56
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
93245
Rank:
Private
Unit:
2nd Bn.
Regiment:
Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
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 122.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Commemoration stone in Durban (Stamford Hill) Cemetery