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Military service
Age:
27
Rank:
Oiler
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
RMS Lady Nelson (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (155046)
Birth:
January 1, 1915
Death:
March 9, 1942
Caribbean Sea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row A. Grave 12.
Additional information
On 10 March 1942, at 4:49 am, the Lady Nelson was in Port Castries harbour in St Lucia in the Caribbean when she was torpedoed by U-161, position 14°01'N/61°00'W. She sank in shallow water and was refloated. The attack caused the death of three crew members, fifteen passengers, two gunners and seven dockers.
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Commemorated on:
Page 154 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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