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Military service
Age:
31
Rank:
Second Engineer
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
MV Malaya II. (Glasgow, Scotland) (165982)
Birth:
January 1, 1910
Death:
June 27, 1941
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 17.
Additional information
On 27 June 1941, Malaya II was sailing with convoy HX-133 when, at 1:55 a.m., she was torpedoed by U-564 east of Cape Farewell, Iceland, and sunk, position 59°56'N/30°35'W. The captain, 38 crew members and 4 gunners lost their lives. The six surviving sailors were rescued by the Canadian corvette HMCS Collingwood (K180) and landed in Reykjavik, Iceland.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 143 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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