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Military service
Rank:
Chief Engineer
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Lake Michigan (Liverpool, England) (115252)
Death:
April 15, 1918
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 3.
Additional information
On 15 April 1918, the Lake Michigan was en route from Liverpool, England, to Saint John, New Brunswick, via the Clyde, with convoy OB-61, when she was torpedoed by U-100, and sunk 93 miles (150 km) north-west of Eagle Island, Ireland, position 55°30'N/11°52'W. The captain and McGowan lost their lives.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 47 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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