In Memory Of
SIEMSSEN, CHRISTIAAN
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1916-01-03
Rank:
Chief Officer
Unit:
M.V. Doryssa (London)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1943-04-25
Cause of Death:
Torpedoed and shelled when enroute to the Persian Gulf by Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 36.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
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Son of Fred Heinrich and Ethel Elizabeth Siemssen, of Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa. Master Mariner, Merchant Navy. Born Ermelo, Transvaal. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha
