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Military service
Rank:
Sailor
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Newfoundland Mercantile Marine
Division:
SV Ethel, sailing schooner
Death:
January 15, 1918
North Atlantic
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Husband of Harriet White, of St. John's, Newfoundland.
On 15 January 1918, the SV Ethel left St. John's, Newfoundland, bound for Seville, Spain. The ship was reported missing with her crew of 6 sailors. They were never seen again.
Digital gallery of Sailor John White
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Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Inscription
Newfoundland Mercantile Marine WHITE, J. -
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
Newfoundland Mercantile Marine WHITE, J. -
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
Newfoundland Mercantile Marine WHITE, J.
Digital gallery of
Sailor John White
Digital gallery of
Sailor John White
Digital gallery of
Sailor John White
Digital gallery of
Sailor John White
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 73 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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