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4th Engineer Joseph Fay

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Military service

Age: 32
Rank: 4th Engineer
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Miniota (London, England) (135311)
Birth: January 1, 1885 Liverpool, England
Death: August 31, 1917 English Channel

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Son of James Fay and Annie Harrison, of Liverpool, England.

On 31 August 1917, Miniota was torpedoed by U-19 30 miles (48 km) south-east of Start Point, England, and north-west of St. Peter Port, Bailiwick of Guernsey, position 49°50'N/03°00'W. Remaining afloat, it was towed by HMS Sandfly (H87) before sinking by the bow. Four sailors lost their lives in the attack.

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Page 27 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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