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Otto Frederick Dicks

In memory of:

Able Seaman Otto Frederick Dicks

February 4, 1940

Military Service


Age:

23

Force:

Merchant Navy

Unit:

Canadian Merchant Navy

Division:

SS Philip T. Dodge (St. John, New Brunswick) (143084)

Additional Information


Born:

October 7, 1916
Burgeo, Newfoundland and Labrador

Son of Charles Payne Dicks and Mary Collier of Burgeo, Newfoundland. Charles was a merchant seaman and survived the sinking of his ship in 1919. Otto was the brother of Seaman Lester Dorman Dicks, who perished when the SS Geo. H. Jones by U-455 on February 14, 1942. Lester was not a member of the Canadian Merchant Navy.

He died at sea of influenza with a chronic coughing disorder. His body was submerged in the North Atlantic.

Commemorated on Page 126 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

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