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Military service
Age:
19
Rank:
Sailor
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Trevarrack (St. Ives, England) (142568)
Birth:
January 1, 1922
Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Death:
June 8, 1941
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 19.
Additional information
On 5 June 1941, the Trevarrack sailed away from convoy OB-329 on its way to Montreal, Quebec, without escort. On the 9th, at 6:35 pm, the ship was torpedoed by U-101 600 miles (966 km) east of St. John's, Newfoundland, and sank in less than three minutes after a violent boiler explosion. The captain, 36 crew members and 7 gunners, the entire crew on board, lost their lives.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 233 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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