Crew list of Ships hit by U-boats
Alexander Smith Flett
Merchant Navy (R112376). British
Born | 4 Nov 1911 |
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Roster information listed for Alexander Smith Flett
Ship | Type | Rank / role | Attacked on | Boat | |
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Hopetarn | Motor merchant | Second Officer | 29 May 1943 | U-198 (1) |
Personal information
Alexander Smith Flett from Findochty was taken prisoner by the U-boat that sank Hopetarn, transferred after almost a month to the German supply tanker Charlotte Schliemann on 26 June 1943 and landed at Batavia on 15 July. He was handed over to the Japanese and held in a camp on Java for the first four months, then on Sumatra until May 1945 and was liberated from Changi in Singapore at the end of the war.
Award Citation as published in London Gazette on 23 May 1946:
Sources
- Personal communication
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