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Son of Patrick Joseph O'Dea and Ellen Hannon of Newfoundland. First marriage with Annie Alice McDade of Newfoundland, father of a daughter, Alice Irene O'Dea, and adoptive father of Annie's two children, Mary Frances and Gerald Roberts. Second marriage with Anna Maria Roberts of Norris Arm, Newfoundland. Father of two children, including Shirley Margaret O'Dea.
On 11 June 1941, the Havtor was sailing unescorted and on ballast from Reykjavik, Iceland, to Pictou, Nova Scotia, when she was torpedoed at 8:51 pm by U-79, killing 14 of the 20 men on board. On the 12th, at 0 h 33 am, the submarine bombarded the Havtor and sank her, in position 63°35'N/28°05'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 203 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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