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Son of John A. MacDonald and Kathleen A. MacDonald of Whitney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
On 22 March 1944, at 9:47 am, U-802 launched three torpedoes into convoy SH-125 and a fourth at 9:49 am. Only the Watuka was hit and sank south-east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in position 44°30'N/62°51'W. Two crew members lost their lives. The captain, 22 sailors and 2 gunners were rescued by the Royal Canadian Navy's HMCS Anticosti (T-274).
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Page 178 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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