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Greaser Robert Munro

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Military service

Age: 39
Rank: Greaser
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Point Pleasant Park (Montréal, Québec)
Birth: Aberdeen, Scotland
Death: February 23, 1945 South Atlantic

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 23.
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Son of William Munro and Jane Alexander of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Brother of Private James Munro, regimental number 3058471, of 1st Depot Battalion of Eastern Ontario Regiment. He never fought.

On 23 February 1945, at 13:55 hours, the Point Pleasant Park, which was about 300 miles (483 km) from the mouth of the Orange River in South Africa, was hit by a torpedo launched by U-510 directly into the crew's quarters, killing eight sailors. At 2:20 pm, the order to abandon ship was given. At 4:15 pm, the U-Boat surfaced and sank the wreck with the gun, position 29°42'S/09°58'E.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 199 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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