Service Details
Name:
 DU BUISSON
Given Name:
 ROBERT
Initials:
 R
Rank:
 Master
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Mill Hill (Newcastle-on-Tyne)
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Date of Death:
 1940-08-30
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Age:
 49
Cause of Death:
 Whilst operating with Convoy HX-66A was torpedoed and sunk by U-32. En route Boston for The Tees.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Gertrude Mabel du Buisson, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Mauritius.
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 70.

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