Boatswain John Thomas Pommerelle

Son of Theodore Pommerelle and Eva Frank from Mattawa, Nipisisng, Ontario. Brother of Private Theodore Philip Pommerelle, regimental number 3311359, 2nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment. He served in England without taking part in the fighting.

According to the logbook of the submarine U-564, she was torpedoed on 11 February 1942 and sank at about 06 :05 a.m. 260 nautical miles (299 miles/480 km) north-north-west of Bermuda after being hit by two torpedoes, resisting an explosive scuttling charge and 98 shots from a deck gun, position 36°12'N/67°14'W. There were no survivors out of a crew of 47 members.