Memorial at Main Cemetery, Karachi, Sindh, India commemorating Chief Officer John Mercer, d. 1917
Location
Main cemetery, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, Rest of the World
Transcript
'John Hamilton Mercer, Chief Officer H.M.T. Umballa, born Harrington, Scotland, died Karachi Hospital 10 August 1917 aged 38' [not exact]
Details
Vessel: HMT Umballa
People
Mercer, John Hamilton
Age: 38
Date of Death: 10/8/1917
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer
Organisation: British India Steam Navigation Company
Age: 38
Date of Death: 10/8/1917
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer
Organisation: British India Steam Navigation Company
Extra
Notes: Karachi in India in 1917. Following Independence in 1947, it became the first capital of Pakistan.
John Hamilton Mercer died of appendicitis. Later in the same year, the British India SN Co 'Umballa' was torpedoed 25 December 1917 off Italy en route from Karachi to Naples with a cargo of barley.
Bibliography: 'Notes and Queries' vol. 176 (1936) p. 418. 'British India Office Deaths and Burials'.
John Hamilton Mercer died of appendicitis. Later in the same year, the British India SN Co 'Umballa' was torpedoed 25 December 1917 off Italy en route from Karachi to Naples with a cargo of barley.
Bibliography: 'Notes and Queries' vol. 176 (1936) p. 418. 'British India Office Deaths and Burials'.