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Military service
Age:
41
Rank:
Fireman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Sarniadoc (Fort William, Ontario)
Death:
March 16, 1942
Caribbean Sea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 21.
Additional information
At 2 :30 am on 14 March 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 Sea, and sank in less than 30 seconds with her crew of 21 men, in position 15°45'N/65°00'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 133 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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