In Memory Of
GARDEN, JOHN STUART
Service Details
Age:
16
Date of Birth:
1926-06-25
Rank:
Cadet
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
Son of John Charles and Rosalie Garden, of Edenvale, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Bethulie, Orange Free State. Educated at Ficksburg High School. Chief Cadet Captain and King's Gold Medalist 1942. In 1943 joined the Anglo-Saxton Petroleum Company.
