blur
Edit

Service Details

  • Ulysses Vessel Junior Engineer period 22 Dec 1952 to 30 Dec 1953,

  • Petroemperor Vessel Chief Pump Man period 4 Feb 1954 to 4 Feb 1955,

  • Petrokure/Gempet Vessel Chief Pump Man period 4 Mar 1955 to 7 Mar 1956,

  • Bulktrader Vessel Chief Pump Man period 7 Apr 1956 to 10 May 1957,

  • Ore Transport Vessel Junior Engineer period 12 Jun 1957 to 20 Jul 1958,

  • Bulkoil 1 Vessel Chief Pump Man period 20 Sep 1958 to 20 Oct 1959,

  • Sinclair Petrolore Vessel Chief Pump Man period 20 Dec 1959 to 25 Dec 1961,

  • Phoenix Vessel 3rd Asst. Engineer period 27 Feb 1962 to 21 Mar 1964,

Edit

Bio

Introduction:
Talbert Tatum of Cayman Brac, is one of the many Caribbean Merchant Marine losses on board British/Commonwealth Registered Ships in World War II. He made the ultimate sacrifice and lost his life as a result of going to sea. He was only 33 years old at the time of his death in 1941. He was onboard the UK cargo ship Tunisia (4,337 GRT, 1927) which was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (53'53'N 18'10'W) with the loss of 38 of her 43 crew. "The Tower Hill Memorial is a pair of Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials in Trinity Square, on Tower Hill in London, England. The memorials, one for the First World War and one for the Second, commemorate civilian merchant sailors and fishermen who were killed as a result of enemy action and have no known grave." His inscription at panel 112 reads: TATUM Initials: T Nationality: Cayman Islands Rank: Able Seaman Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy Unit Text: S.S. Tunisia (Swansea) Age: 33 Date of Death: 04/08/1941 Additional information: Son of Smythe and Ethel Tatum; husband of Ethel Tatum, of West End, Cayman Brac, British West Indies. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial reference: Panel 112. Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL

Documents

Edit

Videos

Edit
Edit
Avtar

Talbert Donnley Tatum

Personal details

Nickname : Don or Papa
National Heroes Distinction Award : Seafaring,
Date of Birth : 16/May/1933
Deceased Date : 5/Oct/2007
Gender : Male
Country of Birth : Cayman Islands
District : Cayman Brac
Area : Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands