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Son of Stanislau (alias Stanley) Romiczek, a native of Borek, Dolnoslaskie, Poland, and Francyska (alias Florence and/or Francis) Wynter, a native of Germany, residing in Dominion, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Brother of Sergeant Victor Tomiczek,regimental number L-1100, Saskatoon Light Infantry (MG), who died of cancer on 7 March 1944 at Camp Hill Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
On 24 February 1941, at 2:20 a.m., the 46-ship convoy OB-288 was dispersed west of Rockall, a rocky massif between Ireland and Iceland, by the attack of U-96. The Sirikishna is torpedoed on the port side. At 8:36 a.m. she received a coup de grace and sank rapidly, broken in two, position 58°00'N/21°00'W. She was the flagship of the convoy. The captain, the commodore, 5 naval personnel, the 34 crew members and the two gunners lost their lives.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 241 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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