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Son of Winford Coleman Atwood and Mabel Edith Garron, Barrington, Shelburne Co., Nova Scotia. Brother of Rifleman Percy Coleman Atwood, who died on December 23, 1941, while serving with the Royal Rifles of Canada.
On May 31, 1942, S.S. Liverpool Packet was sailing in a straight line without an escort when she was torpedoed at 1:40 a.m. by U-432. It broke in two and sank in less than two minutes 15 miles (24 km) west of Seal Island, off Nova Scotia), position 43°20'N/66°20'W.
Digital gallery of Fireman Norman Burnell Atwood
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Photo of Norman Atwood
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Fireman Norman Burnell Atwood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 88 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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