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Fireman and Trimmer John T. Morgan

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Military service

Age: 23
Rank: Fireman and Trimmer
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Marianne (Larvik, Norway)
Birth: July 7, 1919 St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death: December 12, 1942 North Sea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 22.
Additional information
Son of Edward and Ida May Morgan of Armdale, Nova Scotia.

On 12 December 1942, a small convoy, escorted by destroyers, was en route from Southampton, England, to Sunderland, England, when the ships were attacked by four German speedboats. Four ships were sunk in the North Sea, including the SS Marianne by gunfire from the S-63. Of the 30 crew members, 14 lost their lives. The survivors were rescued by an escort ship.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 196 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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