Second Cook Cyril Harold Boddington

Son of Harold Gustavus Boddington and Daisy Olive Vickers, of Corona Del Mar, California, U.S.A.; Husband of Mary Hulley, of Sunderland, Co. Durham.

On October 27, 1942, she was sailing with convoy HX-212 when she was torpedoed at 11:03 p.m. by U-436 about 700 miles (1,227 km) southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland, position 54°32'N/31°02'W. Her captain, 36 crew members, 24 passengers, 16 employees and four gunners were rescued by the Canadian corvettes HMCS Alberni (K103) and HMSC Ville de Québec (K242) which landed them in Liverpool, England. The attack on the Sourabaya resulted in 77 casualties.