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Able Seaman King David Johnson

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Military service

Age: 32
Rank: Able Seaman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: SV Minas Queen (St. John’s, Newfoundland) (133897)
Birth: January 1, 1885 Roanoke Island
Death: August 26, 1917 North Atlantic

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Brother of Alfred Benjamin Johnson, 1027, Calveert Street, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.

On 26 August 1917, the Minas Queen was en route from Tonnay, France, to New York when she was boarded and sunk by gunfire from U-93 350 miles (563 km) north-west of Cap Finistère, France, position 46°23'N/10°24'W. The attack caused the death of her captain and 5 sailors.

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Page 38 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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