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Military service
Age:
57
Rank:
Donkeyman and Greaser
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Saganaga (Leith, Scotland) (161844)
Birth:
January 1, 1885
Italy
Death:
September 5, 1942
Wabana Roads, Newfoundland & Labrador
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 20.
Additional information
On 5 September 1942, the U-513 entered the port of Wabana Roads, Newfoundland, where cargo ships were anchored. At 4:15 pm, the Waganaga was torpedoed and sank in three minutes with 27 crew members and 3 gunners. The captain, 10 sailors and 3 gunners were rescued by a coastal vessel and landed at Lance Cove on Bell Island, Newfoundland.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 141 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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