Able Seaman Cecil Walter Hubley

Son of William Henry Hubley and Jane Olivia Hamilton of Spry Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Brother of Privates Thomas Campbell Hubley, service number 3182105, and Arthur Bertram Hubley, service number 3185210, both from the Nova Scotia Regiment. They never fought or crossed the Atlantic.

On 17 February 1943, the LLanashe was en route to South Africa when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-182 south of Cape Saint Francis and off Port Elizabeth in the Indian Ocean, in position 34°00'S/28°30'W. The captain, 27 crew members and 5 gunners lost their lives. The chief engineer, 7 sailors and one gunner were rescued after eleven days adrift by the Dutch merchant ship Tarakan, which transferred them to the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Carthage (F99) and the British destroyer HMS Racehorse (H11). They were disembarked in Cape Town, South Africa, on 4 March.