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Son of Soloman Kaminsky and Rysza Leja (aka Rachel Lea) Kolner of Biaslistok, Russia, now Poland.
On 3 September 1942 at 7.56 am, while sailing with convoy LN-7, the Donald Stewart was torpedoed by U-517 north-east of Cape Whittle, near Blanc-Salon, Quebec, in the Gulf of St Lawrence, and sank by the stern, position 50°32'N/58°46'W. Three sailors lost their lives. The survivors were picked up by the Canadian corvettes HMCS Shawinigan (K136) and HMCS Trail (K174) and landed in Quebec City.
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Commemorated on:
Page 163 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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