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Military service
Age:
54
Rank:
Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Fort Mumford (London, England)
Birth:
January 1, 1889
Death:
March 20, 1943
Arabian Sea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 23.
Additional information
On 20 March 1943, Fort Mumford was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-27 500 miles (805 km) north-west of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), in the Arabian Sea, position 10°00'N/71°00'W. In accordance with Imperial Japanese policy, the prisoners of war were murdered with machine guns. The only survivor was able to tell the story. As a result of the slaughter, 46 crew members, including the captain, and four of the five gunners, lost their lives.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 132 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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