Geoffrey Alexander Rowan

Lieutenant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William Butler and Marion Blanche Rowan; husband of Carol C. Rowan, of Auckland City.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Died aboard the British steamer SS Nellore en-route from Bombay to Sydney with passengers when she was torpedoed, shelled and sunk by a Japanese submarine, about 400 miles east of the Chagos Archipeligo. (Indian Ocean). 79 crew and passengers were lost.

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Casualty

Name:

Geoffrey Alexander Rowan

Rank:

Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Braganza

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Lost at Sea

Date of Death:

30 June 1944

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 9.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand