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Military service
Age:
36
Rank:
2nd Engineer
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Delisle (Baltimore, Maryland) (218980)
Birth:
July 24, 1905
Alexandria
Death:
May 4, 1942
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 22.
Additional information
On 5 May 1942, at 4:53 a.m., the Delisle was torpedoed by U-564 about 15 miles (24 km) off Jupter Inlet, Florida, position 27°06'/80°03'W, while en route from Baltimore, Maryland, to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Two sailors lost their lives. She had to be towed to Miami, Florida.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 234 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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