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In memory of:

Seaman Joseph Martino

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Military service

Age: 24
Rank: Seaman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Baron Loudoun (Ardrossan, Scotland) (148985)
Birth: January 1, 1916 Peterborough, Ontario
Death: June 19, 1940 North Atlantic

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 17.
Additional information
Brother of Eva Florentina Vinette, of Peterboro, Ontario.

On 9 June 1940, Baron Loudoun was sailing in convoy with HG-334F when she was torpedoed at 2:56 am by U-48. She sank west-north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, position 45°00'N/11°21'W. Three crew members were killed, while the captain and 29 other sailors were recovered by HMS Scarbrough (L25) and landed in Liverpool, England

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 184 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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