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Son of Willard (aka William) Stevens and Mary Amelia Jolliffe from Kinston, Ontario. Husband of Florence Kidd from Longueuil, Québec. Father of Florence Jayne, Hazel, Willard Alfred and Sylvia Stevens.
During the First World War, Robert enlisted on 22 May 1916 in Kingston, Ontario, with the 146th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, regimental number 835951. On 16 April 1917, he was medically discharged without ever having crossed the Atlantic.
This ship was en route from Paramaribo, Suriname, to Trinidad, when on 22 February 1942, at 22:20, she sailed unescorted and was torpedoed by U-129 120 miles (193 km) south-southeast of Trinidad, off the coast of Guyana, position 09°13'N/59°04'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 234 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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