Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Thomas Carroll
In memory of:
Chief Officer John Thomas Carroll
January 1, 1945
North Atlantic
Military Service
48
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Nipiwan Park (Montréal, Québec)
Additional Information
January 1, 1896
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Son of Captain William Carroll and Frances Collins, of Placentia, Newfoundland. Husband of Madeline Helen James.
She was on the St. John's, Newfoundland - Halifax, Nova Scotia, route when on 4 January, 1945, at 5 PM, while sailing with convoy SH-194 from Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to Halifax, she was hit by a torpedo launched from U-1232 4 miles (6.5 km) off Halifax, position 44°30'N/63°00'W. Her bow was blown off, but the ship remained afloat. Two sailors were killed. The wreck was towed to Pictou, Nova Scotia, and repaired.
Commemorated on Page 108 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 23.
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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Merchant Navy Monument in St. John's, NL -
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Newspaper Clipping – Toronto Star, February 10, 1945, page 15. -
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Newspaper Clipping – Page 2 of the Story of convoy attack in the Toronto Star, February 10, 1945, page 15.
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