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Prior to the First World War, he served for three and a half years with the British Imperial Forces. During the First World War, he fought in France with the 20th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, regimental number 57126, and was severely wounded at the Battle of Courcelette on September 18, 1916, and returned to Canada. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
On June 27, 1942, she was on route from New York, Trinidad, Suez, Egypt, when she was torpedoed at 9:52 p.m. by U-153 in the Caribbean Sea 650 miles (1046 km) from the Virgin Islands, position 19°20'N/53°18'W. She sank in less than five minutes. One officer and five crew members lost their lives. Her captain John Joseph Lapoint was awarded the US Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal for his meritorious and courageous actions during the sinking.
British War Medal, Victory Medal, Canadian Merchant Marine Medal.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 104 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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