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Military service
Age:
18
Rank:
Cabin Steward
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Derrynane (London, England)(166532)
Birth:
January 1, 1923
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
February 12, 1941
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18.
Additional information
Son of Frederick Robert Kreisch and Marie Anne Bellefleur of Vancouver, British Columbia.
On 11 February 1942, the German pocket battleship Admiral Hipper fired on convoy HG-53 in the North Atlantic. On the 12th, it approached the ships of convoy SLS-64 and fired on the Derrynane, sinking her and killing all 36 crew members.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 167 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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