Service Details
Name:
 BOTHA
Given Name:
 EDWARD PETRUS
Initials:
 E P
Rank:
 Ordinary Seaman
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 M.T. Barbro (Norway)
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Date of Death:
 1941-09-19
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Date of Birth:
 1924-12-26
Age:
 16
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, sunk by U-552, on a voyage from Halifax to Liverpool when she was sunk with 2 torpedoes from U-552 (Topp) just before midnight on September 19-1941 while in Convoy SC 44, escorted by 1 destroyer and 4 corvettes, Honeysuckle and Mayflower being 2 of them. Barbro had a cargo of 9000 tons petrol and all on board her, 21 Norwegians, 3 Swedes, 1 Dane, 5 British and 4 Canadians died in the flames, helplessly watched by other ships around her. Sank in position 61 30N 35 07W 35 11
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Additional
Information:
Son of Roelf Andries Botha and Dorethea Grace (formerly Botha) Maytham, of Kalkfontein, Concession Stores, P. O. Lucerne, South Africa. Signed on 6th August 1941 in UK. 1 year at sea. ***ref. http://www.mercantilemarine.org
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
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