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Son of Yeshia Lazarovitch (aka Charles Lazarus) and Pauline Schwartz of Montréal, Québec.
The City of Benares left Liverpool, England, on 13 September 1940 and headed for Quebec City, Quebec with 191 passengers. At 00:01 on 18 September, while sailing with convoy OB-213, she was torpedoed by U-48 and sank after 30 minutes 253 miles (407 km) west-south-west of Rockall, position 56°43'N/21°05'W. The British destroyer HMS Hurricane (H06) recovered 105 survivors and landed them at Greenock, Scotland. A further 42 survivors drifted for eight days before being rescued by the HMS Anthony (H40) and landed in the same place. The captain, the convoy commodore, 3 members of staff, 121 crew members and 134 passengers lost their lives.
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Page 172 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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