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Fireman William James Fillier

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Military service

Age: 22
Rank: Fireman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Rose Castle (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (137438)
Death: November 2, 1942 Bell Island

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 22.
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Son of William John and Martha Fillier, of Bell Island, Newfoundland.

Rose Castle was torpedoed at anchor, awaiting convoy WB-9, by U-518 off Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, position 47°36'N/52°58'W.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 134 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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