Service Details
Name:
 GARDEN
Given Name:
 JOHN STUART
Initials:
 J S
Rank:
 Cadet
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 M.V. Doryssa (London)
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Date of Death:
 1943-04-25
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Date of Birth:
 1926-06-25
Age:
 16
Cause of Death:
 Torpedoed and shelled when enroute to the Persian Gulf by Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci
Additional
Information:
Son of John Charles and Rosalie Garden, of Edenvale, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Bethulie, Orange Free State. Educated at Ficksburg High School. Chief Cadet Captain and King's Gold Medalist 1942. In 1943 joined the Anglo-Saxton Petroleum Company.
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 36.

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