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Military service
Age:
20
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Franz Fischer (London, England) (84530)
Birth:
May 31, 1895
Point-Aux-Gauls, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
February 1, 1916
North Sea
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Son of Emanuel Hillier and Susanna Petite of Point Aux Gaulf, Newfoundland.
On 1 February 1916, the Franz Fischer, on a voyage from Hartlepool, England, to Cowes, England, was sunk by the UB-17 two miles (3 km) south of Kentish Knock lighthouse in the North Sea. Of the crew of 16 sailors, 13 lost their lives, including the captain.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 34 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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