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Military service
Rank:
Fireman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Scottish Hero (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England) (105718)
Death:
June 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 3.
Additional information
On 10 June 1917, the Scottish Hero was en route from Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to Le Havre, Normandy, France, when she was boarded and sunk by gunfire by U-155 440 miles (708 km) south-west of Fastnet Rock, a lighthouse island located south-east of Ireland, position 46°59'N/18°12'W. Only Yong lost his life.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 76 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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