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His brother, Thomas Apollinaire Paul Briand was conscripted during the First World War and enlisted on February 18, 1918, with the 1st Battalion Nova Scotia Regiment, regimental number 4050193. He was demobilized without ever having been overseas or in combat.
At 2:30 a.m. on March 14, 1942, the Sarniadoc was sailing unescorted to St Thomas, in the Virgin Islands, when she was hit by a torpedo, behind the funnel, launched by U-161 200 miles (322 km) west of Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean, and sank in less than 30 seconds with her crew of 21 men, in position 15°45'N/65°00'W.
Digital gallery of Chief Engineer Joseph Briand
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Chief Engineer Joseph Briand
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 101 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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