Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Gordon Baker Marshall
In memory of:
2nd Wireless Operator Gordon Baker Marshall
April 4, 1945
Military Service
21
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
SS Silver Star Park (Toronto, Ontario) (175353)
Additional Information
March 28, 1924
Toronto, Ontario
Son of Thomas Alexander Marshall and Mary Elizabeth Webb Baker of Gouverneur, New York.
He served with the 48th Highlanders - NPAM - then with the Canadian Tank Corps. He became an American citizen and was drafted into the US Army on 17 January 1945, service number N-440-A. He enlisted in the Canadian Merchant Navy.
On 12 April 1945, the SS Silver Star Park collided with the American freighter Mamgore and caught fire off the coast of New York, USA, in the North Atlantic. At least 15 sailors, including the captain, were killed in the accident.
Commemorated on Page 270 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Digital Collection
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Details
Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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