Third Radio Officer James Augustus Kavanagh

Son of Frederick William Kavanagh and Mary Ella Murphy of St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Departing Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 23 March 1942, on 31 March, at 10:22 pm, she was torpedoed by U-71 and sank by the stern south-east of New York, United States, position 37°33'N/68°22'W. The captain, 47 crew members, two gunners and a passenger lost their lives. Three sailors and three gunners were rescued by the British tanker Regent Panther and landed in Halifax.