In Memory Of

WILD, ERNEST ARTHUR

Service Details
Age:
 31
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 67929
Rank:
 Able Seaman
Unit:
 H.M.S. Neptune
Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
 1941-12-19
Cause of Death:
 Ran into an uncharted minefield in the Mediterranean off Tripoli, and sank with the loss of 764 officers and men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 58, Column 3.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Captain Arthur Herman and Alice Vera (nee Thompson) Wild; husband of Audrey May (nee Harwin) Wild, of Westville, Natal, South Africa. Educated Merchiston Primary School, Pietermaritzburg. A customs clerk. He had two boys. Commemorated on St. Paul's Anglican Church, Durban; the SA Navy in Simonstown; the Durban Municipality in the Durban City Hall & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials