Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Otto Frederick Dicks
In memory of:
Able Seaman Otto Frederick Dicks
February 4, 1940
Military Service
23
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
SS Philip T. Dodge (St. John, New Brunswick) (143084)
Additional Information
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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