Service Details
Name:
 VAN RENSBURG
Given Name:
 MATHEW
Initials:
 M
Rank:
 Boy
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 M.V. Tabor (Norway)
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Date of Death:
 1943-03-09
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Tabor SS was a Norwegiam Steam Freighter built in 1936 and of 4,768 tons. She was on route from ALEXANDRIA & ADEN for TABLE BAY & LAGOS carrying a cargo of ballast of bagged salt when she was torpedoed and sunk by gunfire from U-506. 12 crew lost from a total of 46.
Additional
Information:
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 105.

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