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Son of Captain James Jackson Clarke Duncan and Helen Ida Penney, of Wolfville, Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Husband of Norah Crowell.
On 9 March 1943, convoy SC-121 set sail from New York, USA, towards Clyde, Scotland. At 10:41 pm, the ships were attacked by U-409, which launched two torpedoes. The tanker Rosewood was hit and broke in two, but both sections remained afloat. The US Coast Guard vessel USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) sank them on the 11th, in position 58°30'N/20°31'W. Her captain, 31 crew and nine gunners had already perished.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 120 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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