John Tom Whitelam
Service number
509797
Military unit
'A' HQ Aden Royal Air Force
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Date of birth
Date of death
28 May 1940 (29 years old)
Place of birth
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Family history
Son of Charles W and Constance Linda Whitelam; husband of Gladys May Whitelam, of West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
Military history
Died aboard coastal steam ship SS Abukir which was torpedoed and sunk by E-Boat S-34 in the North Sea.
SS Abukir was a British coastal steamship that was launched in 1920 as SS Island Queen and renamed in 1934 as SS Kyle Queen. In 1935 she was renamed Abukir and registered in Egypt. In May 1940 she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea while evacuating UK and Belgian soldiers, airmen and civilians from Ostend on the last day of the Battle of Belgium.
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