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Military service
Age:
30
Rank:
Second Engineer
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Armonia (Montréal, Québec) (135799)
Birth:
January 1, 1888
Cork, Munster
Death:
March 15, 1918
Mediterranean Sea
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His full name is William J. Mercer.
Son of Robert Mercer and Ellen Mercer of Cork, Munster, Ireland.
On 15 March 1918, the Armonia was sailing south-east of Corsica in the Mediterranean when it was torpedoed by UC-67 near Porquerolles Island, in position 42°33'N/06°46'E. Seven of the crew lost their lives.
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Second Engineer William Mercer
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Second Engineer William Mercer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 49 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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