· GRAHAM John William 1982637 S/Sgt
RAOC, died between 15.2.42 and 16.2.42, husband of Bertha
Graham of Ardwick, Manchester (CWGC).
More accurately his death on 15 February 1942 ( when he drowned during the
sinking of ML311 and could not swim)
was ‘eye witnessed’ by Sgt. R. Sandilands, RAOC who wrote in a letter dated
24.11.45
“ … S/Sgt. Graham also went down with
the ship as he was unable to swim, rafts and lifeboats being unobtainable …”
(WO 361/316). Sandilands reconfirms this fact, that S/Sgt. Graham died by
drowning on 15.2.42 at 6.00am as ML311 was sunk by a Japanese cruiser in Banka
Strait, NEI.
on a schedule form ‘Cas. (L) Interrogation Form No.1’ held in file
WO361/316 in the UK National Archives.
(Research by Michael Pether
[email protected])