Jacqueline Elizabeth AURET

Jacqueline Elizabeth AURET, VAD Nurse of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Born 1914 Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa to Captain Benedictus Jeremias and Lilian Anne Duckitt Auret, nee Cloete-Smith. Died at sea on the sinking of S.S. Ceramic by a torpedo from German Submarine U-515, 07 December 1942 aged 28. The ship was en-route from Liverpool for St. Helena, Durban & Sydney. There was only one survivor from the 656 people aboard.

Wills and Admin, Ancestry -
Jacqueline Elizabeth AURET of Hove to Wilderness Cape Province, South Africa spinster died 07 December 1942 at sea. Administration (limited) London 1 January 1947 to John Roberts and Arthur John Driver solicitors attorneys to Lilian Ann Duckett Auret. Effects £123 10s in England.

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