In Memory Of

HERSI, WARSUMA

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Fireman and Trimmer
Unit:
 S.S. Treworlas (St. Ives)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1942-12-28
Cause of Death:
 At 09.46 hours on 28 Dec 1942 the unescorted Treworlas (Master Thomas Harold Stanbury) was hit by a stern torpedo from U-124 and sank within one minute about 50 miles east of Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Germans then tried to question a survivor on a raft, but he jumped into the water when he saw the U-boat approaching, so they left the area. The master, 32 crew members and five gunners were lost. Seven crew members and two gunners were picked up by USS PC-609 and landed at Trinidad on 1 Jan 1943.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 111.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Born Somalia. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945