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Military service
Age:
41
Rank:
Fireman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Argyll Newport, England) (144403)
Birth:
January 1, 1876
Québec
Death:
April 13, 1917
North Atlantic
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Son of William Smith and Eliza Sweeney of 24, Waldron Court, Browery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
On 13 April 1917, the Argyll was en route from Port Kelah, Algeria, to Middlesbrough, England, when she was torpedoed 110 miles (177 km) west of Bishop Rock in the North Atlantic, and sank in position 49°23'N/09°07'W. The attack cost the lives of 22 sailors. The captain survived.
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Commemorated on:
Page 65 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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