Barbara was a Serjeant with the Women's Territorial Service (East Africa). Service Number: K541.
Country of Service United Kingdom.
Casualty of War: Barbara was onboard "SS Khedive Ismail (London) on 12.2.1944.
In the early afternoon of Saturday 12 February 1944, a Japanese submarine sank the Khedive Ismail with two torpedoes. No fewer than 1,297 people, including 77 women, lost their lives in the two minutes it took for the Khedive Ismail to sink. Only 208 men and 6 women survived. The sinking was the third worst Allied shipping disaster of World War II and the single worst loss of female service personnel in the history of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Cause of Death: Presumed drowned at sea due to enemy action. Her remains were unable to be recovered. Barbara's service to her country is remembered on the East Africa Memorial.
Country of Service United Kingdom.
Casualty of War: Barbara was onboard "SS Khedive Ismail (London) on 12.2.1944.
In the early afternoon of Saturday 12 February 1944, a Japanese submarine sank the Khedive Ismail with two torpedoes. No fewer than 1,297 people, including 77 women, lost their lives in the two minutes it took for the Khedive Ismail to sink. Only 208 men and 6 women survived. The sinking was the third worst Allied shipping disaster of World War II and the single worst loss of female service personnel in the history of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Cause of Death: Presumed drowned at sea due to enemy action. Her remains were unable to be recovered. Barbara's service to her country is remembered on the East Africa Memorial.
Barbara was a Serjeant with the Women's Territorial Service (East Africa). Service Number: K541.
Country of Service United Kingdom.
Casualty of War: Barbara was onboard "SS Khedive Ismail (London) on 12.2.1944.
In the early afternoon of Saturday 12 February 1944, a Japanese submarine sank the Khedive Ismail with two torpedoes. No fewer than 1,297 people, including 77 women, lost their lives in the two minutes it took for the Khedive Ismail to sink. Only 208 men and 6 women survived. The sinking was the third worst Allied shipping disaster of World War II and the single worst loss of female service personnel in the history of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Cause of Death: Presumed drowned at sea due to enemy action. Her remains were unable to be recovered. Barbara's service to her country is remembered on the East Africa Memorial.
Country of Service United Kingdom.
Casualty of War: Barbara was onboard "SS Khedive Ismail (London) on 12.2.1944.
In the early afternoon of Saturday 12 February 1944, a Japanese submarine sank the Khedive Ismail with two torpedoes. No fewer than 1,297 people, including 77 women, lost their lives in the two minutes it took for the Khedive Ismail to sink. Only 208 men and 6 women survived. The sinking was the third worst Allied shipping disaster of World War II and the single worst loss of female service personnel in the history of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Cause of Death: Presumed drowned at sea due to enemy action. Her remains were unable to be recovered. Barbara's service to her country is remembered on the East Africa Memorial.
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WOMEN'S TERRITORIAL SERVICE (EAST AFRICA)
SERJEANT
AUSTIN BARBARA M.
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K541
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