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HMS Africa - Influenza casualties September 1918
HMS Africa - Influenza casualties September 1918
HMS Africa was a pre-dreadnought battleship engaged in convoy protection duties between Sierra Leone and Cape Town during 1917 and 1918. While based at Freetown, Sierra Leone in September 1918, the influenza pandemic struck, with over 50 of her crew of 800 dying of the illness. This community remembers those members of the ships company of HMS Africa who died.
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Born 1900
Royal Navy J54151
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Born 1891
Royal Navy Z/4355 Royal Naval Division
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Born 1878
Died 1918
Royal Navy 341668 Painter 1st Class HMS AFRICA
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Born 1888
Died 1918
Royal Navy 1416 S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS AFRICA
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