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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Oiler
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Vancouver Island (Montreal) (170160)
Death:
October 15, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18.
Additional information
Son of George William Bald and Matilda O’Connor, Sault St. Marie, Ontario.
A member of convoy SC-48, this ship was torpedoed at 10:49 p.m. on October 15, 1941, and sank quickly at 11:17 p.m. West of Ireland, position 53°37'N/25°37'W.
Digital gallery of Oiler Francis Bald
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Memorial
Panel 18 of the Halifax Memorial showing Francis Bald. Provided by Padre Phil Miller, Branch 25, Royal Canadian Legion, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. We Will Remember Them. -
Halifax Memorial
Provided by Padre Phil Miller, Branch 25, Royal Canadian Legion, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. We Will Remember Them. -
Inscription
Panel 18 of the Halifax Memorial showing Francis Bald. Provided by Padre Phil Miller, Branch 25, Royal Canadian Legion, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. We Will Remember Them. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Oiler Francis Bald
Digital gallery of
Oiler Francis Bald
Digital gallery of
Oiler Francis Bald
Digital gallery of
Oiler Francis Bald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 90 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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