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Son of Johannes (aka John) Hansen and Annie Morvan of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Brother of Wiper Remon (aka Raymond) John Hansen who lost his life when his ship MV Frederick S. Fales was torpedoed on 21 Septembre 1940.
300 miles (483 km) west of the Hebrides Islands, Scotland, on 12 October 1940, at 23:25, the Saint Malo was sailing with convoy HX-77 when she was torpedoed by U-101. She broke in two and sank, position 57°58'N/16°32'W.
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Commemorated on:
Page 149 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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