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Son of James O’Hara and Jean Alice Mary Diamond of Toronto, Ontario.
On 26 September 1943, at 7 pm, U-410 attacked convoy UGS-17 30 miles (48 km) east of Bonna, Tunisia, and sank the Christian Michelsen, which had exploded because of her cargo of bombs and ammunition. She disappeared in less than a minute, in position 37°12'N/08°26'E. Of the 50 crew members, 47 perished. The three survivors were rescued by an escort vessel and landed in Bizerte, Tunisia, where they were hospitalized.
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Page 203 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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