Francis J. Topham
The information on registered seafarers is not in all cases complete. As new sources are studied, information on engagements and medals etc. will be added to some of the already registered seafarers.
Date of birth
July 30, 1926
Date of death
April 11, 1944Årsak: War-related shipwreck
Gender
Male
Nationality
AustraliaBirthplace
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Place of living
274 Bell St. W.Coburg, Vic., Australia
County
Utlandet
Service
Rank
Salonggutt
Has sailed for shipping company
Maritime inquiries 1940 - 1945
Other
- Participant in WW2
Londonregisteret:
Registernummer under krigen: London 70135.
Survivor when "Grena" was torpedoed March 21, 1944. Later died of injuries substained from the sinking at hospital in Karachi April 11, 1944.
Next of kin: Mrs. E. Topham.
Sources
RA/S-2081/F/Fe/Feb/L0027
Rosendahl, Bjørn Tore (Red.) (2015) De var også krigsseilere. Omkomne utenlandske sjøfolk på norske skip under andre verdenskrig. Kristiansand: Stiftelsen Arkivet.
