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Military service
Age:
40
Rank:
Second Electrician
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Vancouver Island (Montreal, Québec) (170160)
Birth:
August 24, 1901
West Derby, Lancashire, England
Death:
October 15, 1941
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 17.
Additional information
Son of James Vere Graham and Sarah Ellen MacIlvenna of West Derby, Lancashire, England.
Husband of Thirza Sarah Wolstencraft Worthington of Liverpool, Lancashire. Father of James Vere and Thirza Lilian Graham. A member of convoy SC-48, the Vancouver Island was torpedoed at 22:49 on 15 October 1941 and sank quickly at 23:17 West of Ireland, position 53°37'N/25°37'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 145 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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