Service Details
Name:
 CROAD
Given Name:
 PAUL HARRY CEDRIC
Initials:
 P H C
Trade:
 Aeronautical Engineer
Rank:
 Civilian
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Regiment:
 Civilian War Dead
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Date of Death:
 1942-12-06
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Date of Death 2:
 1942-12-07
Date of Birth:
 1917-08-09
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Torpedoed and sunk by U-515. En route from Liverpool for St. Helena, Durban & Sydney
Additional
Information:
Son of Harry and Beatrice (nee Behrens) Croad, of 394 Ridge Road, Durban, South Africa; husband of Mary Stephine Doreen (nee Woollard) Croad. Born Durban. Educated St. Henry's College, Marist Brothers, Durban 1931-1936. An aeronautical engineer
Commemoration
Country:
 Lost at Sea
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Cemetery:
 S.S. "CERAMIC"
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