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Son of Reidas Mohra and Beth Jacobson of Typsit, Norway. Husband of Blanche K. Morris of Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick.
On 18 March 1943, at 8:34 am, the Dafila was torpedoed by U-593 near Derna, Cyrenaica (now Libya), in the Mediterranean, position 32°59'N/22°21'W. The attack took the lives of 19 sailors and 3 gunners. The captain, 9 crew members and 5 gunners were rescued by the South African Navy's armed trawler HMSAS Souther Maid (T-27) and landed in Derna.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 194 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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