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Son of Georges Besner and Victoria Brunet, de Coteau du Lac, Québec. Husband of Gabrielle Biron.
On May 21, 1942, at 7:53 a.m., the Torondoc was sailing without escort when she was hit by a torpedo launched from U-69. She quickly sank 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Martinique, position 14°45'N/62°15'W. The captain and his 21 crew members, in lifeboats, were never seen again after they were abandoned by the Germans who had surfaced to interrogate them.
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Oiler Gaetan Besner
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Commemorated on:
Page 95 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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