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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Langleegorse (Newcastle-on-Tyne, England) (149425)
Birth:
Marystown, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
January 23, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 19.
Additional information
Son of Charles F. Brinton et Mary Walsh, of Marystown, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland.
On January 23, 1941, the Langleegorse was on route from Durban, South Africa, to London, England, when she was attacked by a German Condor aircraft about 200 miles (322 km) west of Ireland in the North Atlantic. Her entire crew of 36 sailors lost their lives.
Digital gallery of Able Seaman William Joseph Brinton
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Merchant Navy Monument in St. John's, NL
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Dedication
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman William Joseph Brinton
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman William Joseph Brinton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 101 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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