In Memory Of
ATKINSON, JACK
Service Details
Age:
42
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
214084
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
7th Reconnaissance Bn.
Regiment:
South African Tank Corps
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 136.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of William and Martha Atkinson; husband of Nellie Winifred Atkinson, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born England. A driver with South African Railways
