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Military service
Age:
44
Rank:
Oiler
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. George L. Torian (St. Catharines, Ontario) (149070)
Birth:
January 1, 1898
Death:
February 22, 1942
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 21.
Additional information
This ship was en route from Paramaribo, Suriname, to Trinidad, when on 22 February 1942, at 22:20, she sailed unescorted and was torpedoed by U-129 120 miles (193 km) south-southeast of Trinidad, off the coast of Guyana, position 09°13'N/59°04'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 162 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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