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In memory of:

Steward Raphael Lupien

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Military service

Age: 43
Rank: Steward
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Lennox (Montréal, Québec) (145525)
Birth: February 1, 1899 Montréal, Québec
Death: February 22, 1942 Caribbean Sea

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 21
Additional information
His full name is Joseph Raoul Raphaël Lupien.

Son of Joseph Lupien and Agnès Guillet of Montréal, Québec.

On 23 February 1942, at 3:04 pm, the Lennox was sailing unescorted when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-129 north-east of Barima, Venezuela, position 09°15'N/58°30'W. Two sailors were killed. The captain and 17 crew members were rescued by the SS Athelrill and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 178 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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