Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Jule Brockerville
In memory of:
Able Seaman John Jule Brockerville
February 18, 1942
Military Service
52
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Miraflores (Kingston, Jamaica) (145445)
Additional Information
October 24, 1889
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France
Son of John Gilles Brockerville and Rosalie Spencer, of Lawn, Newfoundland. Husband of Priscella Flannigan, of Lawn. Father of Steven John Shen, Gregory Joseph and John Brockerville.
At 3:18 a.m. on February 19, 1942, U-432 fired a spread of two torpedoes at an unescorted steamer about 50 miles east of Atlantic City, New Jersey, position 39°21'N, 73°18'W. The Germans reported that the ship sank immediately after being hit ahead of the bridge and amidships, leaving only a patch of oil and wreckage on the surface. The victim must have been the Miraflores, which was expected in New York the next day but did not arrive and was reported missing thereafter. The master and 33 crew members were lost.
Commemorated on Page 101 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada
Panel 22.
The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.
On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.
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Photo of JOHN JULE BROCKERVILLE – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Merchant Navy Monument in St. John's, NL
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