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Military service
Age:
52
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Maplecourt (Montreal) (141766)
Birth:
December 25, 1888
Cap-la-Rouge, Inverness, Nova Scotia
Death:
February 6, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18.
Additional information
Son of Antonie Aucoin and Cécile Chiasson, Chéticamp, Nova Scotia. Husband of Louise Chiasson, Chéticamp. Father of Jean Laurent, Joseph, Mary Thérèse and Joseph Arthur Aucoin.
A member of convoy SC-20, this ship was torpedoed at 1:53pm on February 6, 1941 by U-107 and sank 120 miles (193 km) west of Rockall, an isolated rock between Ireland and Iceland, position 55°39'N/15°56'W.
Digital gallery of Able Seaman Dedier Aucoin
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War Memorial
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Memorial Plaque
War Memorial-Cheticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Able Seaman Dedier Aucoin
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Dedier Aucoin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 88 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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