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Boatswain William Sutherland

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Military service

Age: 22
Rank: Boatswain
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: MV Vancouver Island (Montreal, Québec) (170160)
Death: October 15, 1941 North Atlantic

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 18.
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Brother of Mary Sutherland, of Truro, Nova Scotia.

A member of convoy SC-48, the Vancouver Island was torpedoed at 22:49 on 15 October 1941 by U-558 and sank quickly at 11:17 pm West of Ireland, position 53°37'N/25°37'W.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 236 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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