In Memory Of

SQUIRES, RONALD

Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
53606
Rank:
Sergeant
Regiment:
South African Artillery
Date of Death:
1942-11-28
Date of Death 2:
1942-11-29
Cause of Death:
Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 112.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Decorations:
British Empire Medal
Citations:
LG Sup 9 Sept 1942 pg.3948 - "In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period November, 1941, to April, 1942"
Son of Percy and Carrie Squires, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (West Park) Cemetery