In Memory Of

YUE, HAN SHING

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Greaser
Unit:
 S.S. Empire Lancer (Greenock)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1944-08-16
Cause of Death:
 On 16 Aug, 1944, the unescorted Empire Lancer was torpedoed and sunk by U-862 in the Mozambique Channel. The master, 36 crew members and five gunners were lost. 34 crew members and three gunners landed 60 miles south of Lumbo, Portuguese East Africa ten days later
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 HONG KONG MEMORIAL
Country:
 China, (including Hong Kong)
Additional Information
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945