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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Vancouver Island (Montreal, Québec) (170160)
Birth:
November 12, 1914
Tignish, Prince Edward Island
Death:
October 15, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Dominic Desroches and Mary Madeleine Perry, of Tignish, Prince, Prince Edward Island.
A member of convoy SC-48, the Vancouver Island was torpedoed at 10:49 p.m. on October 15, 1941, and sank quickly at 11:17 p.m. West of Ireland, position 53°37'N/25°37'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 125 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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