In Memory Of

WATKINS, DANIEL VERNON VALE

Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1920-08-09
Service No:
79202
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly 3rd Bn. Transvaal Scottish, 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 119.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Charles E. and Maggie Watkins; nephew of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Watson, of Sixth Street, New Township, Springs. Born Kimberley. A reduction worker.