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Military service
Rank:
Ordinary Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Arakaka (Liverpool, England) (162385)
Death:
June 23, 1941
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 19.
Additional information
On 22 June 1941, at 22:36, the Arakaka, used as a weather station in the North Atlantic, was torpedoed and sunk by U-77 about 450 miles (724 km) east of St. John's, Newfoundland, position 47°00'N/40°40'W. The captain, 32 crew members and seven Admiralty personnel were killed. There were no survivors.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 146 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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