Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Daniel Smith
In memory of:
Signalman Daniel Smith
July 5, 1943
Military Service
F/97722
31
Army
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Additional Information
August 25, 1911
Ingonish Ferry, Nova Scotia
April 4, 1942
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Son of Hughie and Effie Smith, of Ingonish Ferry, Victoria co., Nova Scotia.
He was one of 53 Canadians who lost their lives on July 4-5, 1943. They were travelling in convoy KMS-18B on their way to Sicily, Italy, for Operation Husky. Three ships (City of Venice, St. Essylt and Devis) were torpedoed and sunk by German u-boats in the Mediterranean Sea near Alger, Algeria.
Commemorated on Page 214 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LA REUNION WAR CEMETERY
Algeria
3. C. 4.
La Reunion War Cemetery lies 14 kilometres south-west of Bejaia on Route N12 to Algiers, which is some 250 kilometres west of Bejaia.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Biography – Submitted with the permission of Bonnie Thornhill, from the book "In the Morning Veterans of Victoria County, Cape Breton. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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