In Memory Of
GILLITT, ANTHONY ROBERT
Service Details
Age:
17
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Cadet
Unit:
S.S. Serooskerk (Netherlands)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1942-12-07
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, drowned when German submarine U-155 torpedoed and sank the unescorted S.S. Serooskerk (Netherlands) about 400 miles west-northwest of the Azores. It had dispersed from convoy ON-149 the day before. There were no survivors.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 95.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Walter and Edith Margery (nee Smith) Gillitt. Born Durban. Educated Durban High School. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945
