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During the First World War, he enlisted on 17 May 1916 with the 135th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, service number 803208. He was demobilised on 31 May 1916 because he was too young. Re-enlisted on 26 March 1918 in the 64th Depot Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, regimental number 335350, and was again demobilised on 13 March 1919 without ever having seen action.
At 2:30 am on 14 March 1942, the Sarniadoc was sailing unescorted to St Thomas, in the Virgin Islands, when she was hit by a torpedo, behind the funnel, launched by U-161 200 miles (322 km) west of Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean Sea, and sank in less than 30 seconds with her crew of 21 men, in position 15°45'N/65°00'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 122 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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