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Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Donkeyman and Greaser
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Ahamo (London, England) (149709)
Birth:
January 1, 1916
Montréal, Québec
Death:
April 8, 1941
Offshore Wells, Norfolk, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18.
Additional information
Son of Harry Gransbury and Julia Mary Anne Ong of Montréal, Québec.
The Ahamo was sailing in convoy when it struck a mine off Wells, Norfolk, England, on 8 April 1941. Thirteen sailors were killed and seven injured in the sinking.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 145 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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