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Lewis Elliott

In memory of:

Second Engineer Lewis Elliott

May 25, 1941
Kindia, Guinea

Military Service

Age:

39

Force:

Merchant Navy

Unit:

Canadian Merchant Navy

Division:

S.S. Portadoc (Fort William, Ontario) (147246)

Additional Information

Born:

May 25, 1901
Goderich, Ontario

Son of Thomas Alexander Elliott and Ethell Alberta Smith. Husband of Mary Winnifred Hackett d’Ashfield, Huron, Ontario. Father of Loreen Margaret, Isobel Frances, William Thomas, Robert Everett John, James Earl, Thyra and Stephen Lewis Elliott.

He died of pneumonia in Kindia, Guinea.

Commemorated on Page 131 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

KINDIA CEMETERY
Guinea

Grave Reference:

Spec. Memorial.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– This is the gravestone of the Naval officer L. Elliott that is situated in the old Colonial Cemetary. The SS Portadoc was sunk off Freetown on the 7th April 1941 by the U - Boat U124 at 17h30. The crew managed to get to Benty ( port in the South of Guinea near Forécariah) and were picked up by the French Vichy police and sent to Kindia prison. After having checked the internet I think that Officer Elliott was wounded during the sinking of the SS Portadoc and that he died of his injuries on the 25th of May- this needs to be confirmed by living crew members.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – This is the gravestone of the Naval officer L. Elliott that is situated in the old Colonial Cemetary. The SS Portadoc was sunk off Freetown on the 7th April 1941 by the U - Boat U124 at 17h30. The crew managed to get to Benty ( port in the South of Guinea near Forécariah) and were picked up by the French Vichy police and sent to Kindia prison. After having checked the internet I think that Officer Elliott was wounded during the sinking of the SS Portadoc and that he died of his injuries on the 25th of May- this needs to be confirmed by living crew members.

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