Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died
Japanese PoW:
No
Age:
30
Date of Death:
1944/02/12
Cause of Death:
Lost when the SS Khedive Ismail was sunk
Place of Death:
One and a Half Degree Channel - South-west of the Maldives near coordinates 01°25'N 72°22E
Loved Ones
Daughter of Matthew and Eliza Jane Johnston
Memorial
Panel 22. Column 2.
Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom
Sailing on 6 February 1944 from Kilindini Harbour at Mombasa, Kenya to Colombo, Ceylon in Convoy KR-8, the SS Khedive Ismail was attacked by a B1 type Japanese submarine. The Khedive Ismail was hit by two torpedoes. 1,297 perished.
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