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In memory of:

Messman Rene Desnoyers

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Military service

Rank: Messman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Edward B. Dudley (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.).
Death: April 11, 1943

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 23.
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Desnoyers, of Montreal, Province of Quebec.

On April 11, 1943, the Edward B. Dudley was sailing with convoy HX-232 when it was torpedoed by U-615 at around 5:05 a.m.. At 5:15 a.m., she received her coup de grace and disintegrated due to the ammunition she was carrying. She sank south of Greenland in position 53°00'W/39°00'W. Her captain, 34 crew members and 27 defenders lost their lives.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 125 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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