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Able Seaman William George Rehill

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Military service

Age: 53
Rank: Able Seaman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Mesaba (Liverpool, England) (109392)
Birth: July 12, 1865 Peterborough, Ontario
Death: September 1, 1918 St. George Channel

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Son of Samuel and Esther Rehill from Peterborough, Ontario. Husband of Mary Jane Pollard, 604 George Street, Peterborough, Ontario. Father of Mabel, William Alfred and Alice Rehill.

After leaving convoys OL-32 and OE-21 on 31 August 1918, Mesaba was sailing unescorted when, on 1 September, she was torpedoed by UB-118 21 miles (34 km) east of Tuskar Rock, St. George's Channel, Ireland, position 52°17'N/05°38'W. Of her crew, 20 sailors lost their lives, including the captain.

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Page 61 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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