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Military service
Age:
38
Rank:
Third Engineer
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Michael Jebsen (Hull, England) (3561)
Birth:
January 1, 1904
Denmark
Death:
August 14, 1942
Caribbean Sea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 20.
Additional information
On 14 August 1942, the Michael Jebsen was sailing with convoy TAW-12J when she was torpedoed at around 11:54 am by U-598 north-west of Barlovento Point, Cuba, position 21°45'N/76°10'W. Six sailors lost their lives. The captain, 34 crew members and 5 gunners were recovered by the American submarine hunter USS SC-498, which transferred them to the American destroyer USS Fletcher (DD-445). They were disembarked at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 145 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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