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Ordinary Seaman Ernest Mason

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Military service

Age: 17
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Eugenie Livanos (Livanos, Greece)
Birth: January 1, 1925 New Brunswick
Death: December 7, 1942 Indian Ocean

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 21.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. E. Mason, of Saint John, New Brunswick.

On 7 December 1942, the Eugnie Livanos was intercepted in the Indian Ocean by the German auxiliary cruiser Michel, which sank her with cannon 300 miles (483 km) south-east of Madagascar. Of the 27 crew members, 11 were killed, while the others were taken prisoner and taken to Germany.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 184 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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