CLEWETT, Catherine Hilda

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Nursing Service in WW2

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208176 Sister CLEWETT, Catherine Hilda, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) was serving in Singapore in 1942. She left Singapore on the SS Kuala, which was sunk by Japanese bombers on February 14, 1942.

… not seen by any survivors after raid on ship …[1].

She was the daughter of Charles Robert and Ada Clewett, of Holloway, London. She died at sea February 14, 1942, and her name is recorded on the Singapore Memorial Column 113[2].

References

  1. Pether, M. (2012) SS Kuala Researched Passenger List version 3.3.5 (available from the COFEPOW website)
  2. Commonwealth War Graves Commission [1]