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Son of Samuel Haden and Eliza Ellam of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.
He was born William Haden, adopted by William Matheson, and took this surname. His brother, Private Ernest Haden, was adopted by Alexander and Jessie Urquhart of Milville, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and killed in action on 6 May 1917 at Vimy while serving with the Nova Scotia Regiment of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, regimental number 222561. He was buried under his baptismal name Haden.
William was a member of convoy SC-20, this ship was torpedoed at 13:53 on 6 February 1941 by U-107 and sank 120 miles (193 km) west of Rockall, an isolated rock between Ireland and Iceland, position 55°39'N/15°56'W.
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Commemorated on:
Page 184 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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