Boatswain Albert Osborne Smith

Son of Charles Moore Smith and Anastasia S. Publicover of La Have, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Brother of Private Everett Russell Smith, regimental number 469093, 21st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, then 2nd Canadian Entrenching Battalion, who fought and survived combat in France and Belgium in the First World War, and Private William M. Smith, conscripted into the United States Army on 26 April 1942, regimental number 5051. He did not fight in the Second World War because of his age.

The Lady Hawkins was torpedoed on 19 January 1942 at 7:43 am by U-66 and sank east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA, position 35°N/72°30'W. The attack caused the death of 251 people and left 71 survivors. The master, 86 crew members, one gunner and 163 passengers (including four DBS) were lost. The chief officer, 20 crew members and 50 passengers were picked up after five days by the Coamo and landed at San Juan, Puerto Rico on 28 January.