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Military service
Rank:
Sailor
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Newfoundland Mercantile Marine
Division:
SV Watauga, schooner (St. John’s, Newfoudnald) (126115)
Death:
March 27, 1918
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Of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
On March 27, 1918, after leaving the port of Santa Polo, Spain, this sailing ship was attacked, boarded and scuttled by a German U-boat team from U-155 and sunk 450 miles (724 km) northwest of Lisbon, Portugal, position 38°54'N/18°24'W. Five sailors lost their lives.
Digital gallery of Sailor John Brest
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Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
Digital gallery of
Sailor John Brest
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 14 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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