In Memory Of

WHITTAKER, HERBERT ARTHUR

Service Details
Age:
41
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
73213
Rank:
Lance Bombardier
Unit:
1 Anti-Tank 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 114.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Thomas J. and Wynne Whittaker; husband of Deborah Lilian Whittaker, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.