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During the First World War, he enlisted on 8 November 1915 with the Composite Regiment, regimental number 779, of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Discharged from the army, he re-enlisted on 6 November 1918 with the 4th Battalion, Canadian Garrison Regiment, regimental number 2696653. He was demobilized without ever having seen action.
According to the logbook of U-52, this ship, away from convoy OB-306, was torpedoed at 1:17 a.m. on 14 April 1941 about 700 miles (1,127 km) east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, and sank at 2:10 a.m., position 59°50'N/29°39'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 174 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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