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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Ordinary Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Norfolk (Montréal, Québec) (145516)
Birth:
January 1, 1918
Death:
September 19, 1942
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 22.
Additional information
On 18 September 1942, at 13:52, Norfolk was sailing unescorted towards Trinidad when she was hit amidships on the starboard side by a torpedo launched from U-175 130 miles (209 km) off the coast of Georgetown, Guyana. She sank so quickly that the crew did not have time to launch the lifeboats, position 08°36'N/59°20'W. The captain and five crew members lost their lives. The thirteen survivors were rescued by the Spanish cargo ship Indaucha, which landed them in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the following day.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 220 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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