Able Seaman Hubert Short

Son of Mary Anne Short of Newfoundland. First marriage with Annie Elizabeth Lush from Middle Brook, Gambo, Newfoundland, with whom he had four children, Leslie Dunfield Lush, John Alfred, Frazer Elias and Norman Short. He married for the 2nd time Susanna Stockley, also from Middle Brook, with whom he had no children.

On 3 September 1944, she was on her way to Newfoundland without escort when she was torpedoed at 8:45 am off Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, by U-541 and sank with 14 crew members and one gunner, position 46°15'N/58°05'W. The captain, 12 sailors and a gunner were rescued by the Canadian corvette HMCS Barrie (K138) who landed them in St. John's, Newfoundland.