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Brother of Private Charles Harold Cannon, conscripted into the U.S. Army on September 12, 1918, regimental number 1067, but never saw combat in the First World War.
At 12:15 a.m. on October 29, 1942, the Bic Island was torpedoed and sunk by U-224 southwest of Rockall, an isolated rock between Ireland and Iceland, position 55°05'N/23°27'W.
Digital gallery of 5th Engineer George E Cannon
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Photo of GEORGE E CANNON
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
5th Engineer George E Cannon
Digital gallery of
5th Engineer George E Cannon
Digital gallery of
5th Engineer George E Cannon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 107 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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