Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Ernest George Madge
In memory of:
Steward Ernest George Madge
February 12, 1942
Georgetown, Bahamas
Military Service
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
SS Lachinedoc (Fort William, Ontario) (147430)
Additional Information
Son of George Henry Madge and Amelia Ann Rhoda Morris of Okehampton, Devonshire, England.
During the First World War, he enlisted on 2 August 1914 in the Royal Army Service Corps of the British Army, regimental number M-279110. He was wounded in action in France in September 1915 and brought back to England. He suffered a motorbike accident in mid-September 1916 and underwent a long convalescence. He was demobilized on 25 February 1919 as a private, having been demoted from corporal on 30 March 1918.
A steward on board the SS Lachinedoc, he died in hospital in Georgetown, Bahamas, as a result of head injuries.
Commemorated on Page 182 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
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