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Son of Daniel Emmett McVeigh and Ann Averina Skelton of Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario.
On 9 December 1944, he was in the ship's sick bay suffering from a fever. Taken to hospital in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on the 12th, he died of smallpox at 8:40 pm on 14 January 1945 where he was buried.
Digital gallery of Second Radio Officer Daniel Joseph McVeigh
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Second Radio Officer Daniel Joseph McVeigh
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Second Radio Officer Daniel Joseph McVeigh
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Second Radio Officer Daniel Joseph McVeigh
Digital gallery of
Second Radio Officer Daniel Joseph McVeigh
Digital gallery of
Second Radio Officer Daniel Joseph McVeigh
Digital gallery of
Second Radio Officer Daniel Joseph McVeigh
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 191 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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