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Son of Lewis Henry Thibideau and Amelia Kay of Ontario. Husband of Rose Lilian Thibideau from Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Private Henry Clinton Kaye Thibideau, regimental number 3145, US Army, and Private Albert Earle Thibideau, regimental number 704132, 102nd (Comox-Atlin) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, who fought in France and was wounded three times in action. They survived the fighting in the First World War.
On 5 November 1940, the Beaverford, a member of convoy HX-84, was targeted by the German battleship Admiral Scheer and sunk by gunfire 755 nautical miles (869 miles/1,398 km) south-southwest of Reykjavik, Iceland, position 52°26'N/32°34'W. The captain and 76 crew members lost their lives.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 239 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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