In Memory Of

BROPHY, MICHAEL

Service Details
Age:
31
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Fireman and Trimmer
Unit:
S.S. Holmelea (Newcastle)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1941-02-28
Cause of Death:
Whilst operating with Convoy HX-109 was attacked by gunfire and sunk by U-47. En route Rosario for Hull
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 57.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Charles William and Emily Elizabeth Brophy, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.