Third Mate Philip Gordon Harris

Son of Alexander Douglas Harris MID and Mabel Snook of Vancouver, British Columbia. During the First World War, Alexander enlisted at Camp Valcartier, Quebec, regimental number 29553. In England, he was transferred to the 16th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was wounded in action in France on 23 April 1915. Promoted to sergeant, he returned to France with the 103rd Battalion. He was Mentioned in Dispatches (MID) on 25 February 1917, The London Gazette. He was repatriated to Canada on 8 August 1919.

On 11 January 1943, the British Dominion sailed with convoy TM-1, which was to link Curaçao, Venezuela, Trinidad and Gibraltar. At 0.40 am, the ships were dispersed northwest of the Canaris Islands due to a submarine attack. The cargo ship was torpedoed by the U-522, but did not sink. At 3 a.m., the wreck was sunk by U-620, which gave her the coup de grace with shells fired from its deck gun and sank her in position 30°30'N/19°55'W. The attack caused the death of 38 sailors, including one who died at sea on the 14th. The survivors were picked up by the British corvette HMS Godetia (K226), which landed them in Gibraltar.