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Son of Henry Stand and Mary Anne Caldwell from Exeter, Ontario.
At 2 h am on 1 March 1942 the unescorted Carperby, dispersed from convoy ON-66 since 26 February, was hit underneath the bridge by a torpido from U-588 about 520 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The U-boat had chased the ship for three hours and the Germans observed how she stopped with a slight list after being hit, but did not sink. After distress signals were heard from the ship with her name and position, a coup de grâce was fired at 02:18 hours. The torpedo struck Caperby in the foreship and caused the ship to sink quickly by the bow after capsizing. The master, 40 crew members and six gunners were lost.
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Page 234 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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