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Son of Maurice Carol Bower and Catherine MacIntosh of Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Maurice fought in France in the First World War with the 27th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, service number 294587. He was severely wounded and was brought back to England and then repatriated to Canada. He was awarded the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the Class A War Service Badge number 403270.
A member of convoy SC-48, the Vancouver Island was torpedoed at 10:49 p.m. on October 15, 1941, and sank quickly at 11:17 p.m. West of Ireland, position 53°37'N/25°37'W.
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Commemorated on:
Page 99 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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