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Son of Peter John Doucette and Elizabeth Gaudet, of Lower Wedgeport, Nova Scotia. Husband of Ella Viola Pothier, of Wedgeport. Father of Helen Marguerite Doucette.
Brother-in-law of Private Walter Pothier (1896-1916), regimental number 469917, of the 26th Battalion (New Brunswick) of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, killed in action on August 5, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme.
A member of convoy SC-20, this ship was torpedoed at 1:53 p.m. on February 6, 1941, by U-107 and sank 120 miles (193 km) west of Rockall, an isolated rock between Ireland and Iceland, position 55°39'N/15°56'W.
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Page 128 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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