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In memory of:

First Mate Carl Hastings Coolen

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Military service

Age: 40
Rank: First Mate
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: RMS Lady Hawkins (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (155047)
Birth: November 1, 1901 Hubbards Cove, Nova Scotia
Death: January 19, 1942 Offshore

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 20.
Additional information
Son of Robert Lindsay Coolen and Mary Jane Wolfe, of Hubbards, Nova Scotia. Husband of Lillian May James, of St. John’s, Newfoundland.

In 1914, he was a volunteer soldier with the 66th Regiment (Princess Louise Fusiliers) in Nova Scotia. He did not take part in the First World War.

Lady Hawkins was torpedoed on 19 January 1942 at 7:43 am by U-66 and sank east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA, position 35°N/72°30'W.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 116 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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