Chief Radio Officer Kenneth William Pietz

Son of Herman Albert Pietz and Frieda Margaret Kliensmith of Humberstone, Welland, Ontario. During the First World War, Herman enlisted on 28 February 1918 with the 2nd Central Ontario Regiment, regimental number 3107583. He fought in France with the 4th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was demobilized on 24 April 1919 in Toronto, Ontario.

On 21 November 1940, she left New York, USA, with convoy HX-90 bound for Liverpool, England. On 2 December, at 4:09 am, while pulling astern due to mechanical problems, she was torpedoed by U-47 south of Iceland and sank with her 54 crew members and one passenger, position 54°51'N/19°15'W.