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In memory of:

Able Seaman Lorenzo Francoeur

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Military service

Age: 26
Rank: Able Seaman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Nereus (Montreal, Québec) (163243)
Birth: August 27, 1915 Pointe-au-Père, Gaspésie
Death: December 10, 1941 Caribbean Sea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 18.
Additional information
His full name is Joseph Yvon Lorenzo Francoeur.

Son of Alfred and Apolline Francoeur, of Pointe au Pere, Quebec. His brother Mess Room Steward Pierre Emile Francoeur perished with him.

On 10 December 1941 the Nereus, which left St Thomas, in the Virgin Islands, with ore, was sailing alone when it disappeared at sea. No German submarine claimed to have sunk her. Her wreckage has never been found. Sometimes coal boats accidentally caught fire from coal residue accumulated in the hold.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 137 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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