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Edward Albert Boraman

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Albert AWMM
  • Surname
    Boraman AWMM
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    Boroman AWMM
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    Male AWMM
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    WW2 Lower Hutt AWMM
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    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

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  • Son of Edward and Sarah Boraman nee Hudson of Dunedin, New Zealand

    Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U515 (Commander Henke) part of the the "Westwall" patrol group of 17 war boats in the Atlantic, west of the Azures, in position 40.30 north 40.20 west. The ship was sailing independently on a a voyage from Liverpool to St Helena, Durban and Sydney NSW. The ship had 378 passengers including troops and 12362 tons of government stores and general cargo. The ship was dispersed from convoy ON 149, comprising 50 ships. The Master, Captain Herbert C Elford, 296 crew, 377 passengers (including troops) were all lost. The sole survivor, Sapper Eric Mundy, Royal Engineers, was rescued by the U515 and taken prisoner AWMM
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    7 December 1942 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
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    Killed on Active Service AWMM
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    Tower Hill Memorial, Trinity Square, London, England AWMM

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Sources

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    • Lloyd's war losses : the Second World War. (1989-). (Vols. 1-2). London, England: Lloyd's of London Press. AWMM
    • Tennent, A. (2001). British and Commonwealth Merchant Ship Losses to Axis Submarines 1939-45. Gloucestershire, England: Sutton Publishing. AWMM
    • Rohwer, J. (1999). Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two. London, England: Greenhill Books. AWMM
    • Sharpe, P. (1998). U-boat fact file, 1935-1945. Earl Shilton, England: Midland Publishing. AWMM
    • Jones, G. P. (1975). Under three flags : the story of Nordmark and the armed supply-ships of the German navy. London, England: Corgi. AWMM
    • Lord, W. (1982). The miracle of Dunkirk. London, England: Allen Lane. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    • Plummer, R. (1990). The ships that saved an army : a comprehensive record of the 1,300 "little ships" of Dunkirk. Northamptonshire, England: P. Stephens. AWMM
    • British merchant vessels lost or damaged by enemy action during Second World War, 3rd September 1939 to 2nd September 1945 AWMM
    • Hague, A. (2000). The allied convoy system, 1939-1945 : its organization, defence and operation. St Catharines, Ont.: Vanwell. AWMM
    • New Zealand Deaths Register - Merchant Navy, Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R160611) AWMM
    • Atkinson, N. (2005). Hell or high water : New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war. HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM

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