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Son of Martin Burke and Mary Anne Kelly, of Newfoundland. Husband of Annie Patience Gosse. Father of Frederick Harold Burke. Brother of Fred Burke, of Saint John's, Newfoundland.
On February 5, 1942, at 1:42 a.m., U-109 launched two torpedoes that hit the Montrolite in the stern. At 2:32 a.m., the tanker received her coup de grace and sank southeast of Bermuda in the Caribbean Sea, position 35°14'N/60°05'W.
Digital gallery of Engineer Martin Bernard Burke
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Merchant Navy Monument in St. John's, NL
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Dedication
Digital gallery of
Engineer Martin Bernard Burke
Digital gallery of
Engineer Martin Bernard Burke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 104 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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