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Khedive Ismail SS

Also Named: Aconcagua

Passengers

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Gunner

Wambua Masila

African

East African Artillery

301 Field Regiment

Died

Japanese POW:

Age:

Unknown

Date of Death:

1944/02/12

Place of Death:

One and a Half Degree Channel - South-west of the Maldives near coordinates 01°25'N 72°22E

Cause of Death:

Lost when the SS Khedive Ismail was sunk

Loved Ones

Memorial

Column 34.

East Africa Memorial, Kenya

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. 1297 perished.

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