Service Details
Name:
 WAPENAAR
Given Name:
 CLAUDIUS BARTHELOMENS
Initials:
 C B
Rank:
 Fireman and Trimmer
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Regiment:
 Mercantile Marine
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Unit:
 S.S. "Thornaby"
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Date of Death:
 1916-02-28
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Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Killed by mine, Thornaby, on a voyage from Marbella to West Hartlepool with a cargo of iron ore, was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-3 (Erwin Wa?ner), 2 miles NE from the Shipwash lightvessel. 19 persons were lost
Additional
Information:
Son of Hendrik Albertus Wapenaar and Magdalena Catherina Wapenaar, of Calitzdorp, Cape Province, South Africa
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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