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Military service
Age:
35
Rank:
Fireman and Trimmer
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester, England) (145982)
Birth:
January 1, 1906
Boiestown, New Brunswick
Death:
June 24, 1941
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 19.
Additional information
Son of David William Sansom and Jean M. Belle from Stanley, York, New Brunswick. Husband of Gladys Jake Alice Wyers from Montréal, Québec.
On 13 June 1941, the Djurdjura was sailing with convoy SL-76 when she was torpedoed by the Italian submarine Benedetto on her way to Oban, Scotland. She sank with her captain and 33 crew members in position 38°40'N/24°00'W. Sansom died of his injuries on the 24th.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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