Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Philbert Harry Dine
In memory of:
Chief Engineer Philbert Harry Dine
December 3, 1944
Military Service
44
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Cornwallis (Vancouver, British Columbia) (150448)
Additional Information
May 30, 1900
Kingston, Ontario
Son of Mark Dine and Jessie Justice, of Kingston, Ontario. Husband of Maria Ann Ridow. Mark enlisted on October 5, 1915, in Barriefield, Ontario, lying about his age, rejoining the 80th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, regimental number 219894. A medical examination in England proved that he was too old for combat and he was repatriated and demobilized on December 7, 1916.
Brother of Private Roland Kenneth Dine of the 220th York Rangers Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, regimental number 285599, who fought in France with the 21st Battalion and then in the Second World War, regimental number D-110682. He survived the wars.
During the First World War, Philibert enlisted on October 11, 1915, in Kingston, claiming to have been born in 1897 and signing Filbert Dine, with the 80th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, regimental number 219244. He served with several units in England before doctors realized he was too young for military service. He was repatriated to Canada on July 3, 1918, and demobilized the following August 2, in Kingston.
On December 3, 1944, at 10:00 a.m., the Cornwallis had just left New York harbour, USA, and was sailing unescorted when she was torpedoed by U-1230 10 miles (16 km) off the US coast in the Gulf of Maine, position 43°59'N/68°20'W. The attack took the lives of the captain, 35 sailors and seven gunners.
Commemorated on Page 126 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada
Panel 23.
The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.
On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.
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Photo of Philbert Harry Dine – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star December 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star December 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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